Fish eye injury

[PeterEde]

My flame hawk is in qt.
I noticed he has an ulcer on one eye.
Other eye is fine.
Still not certain if he has ich or is just sand. Specks seem to be less.
Not added cupramine yet.

But back to the eye. Will it heal on its own?

 

[MichaelReefer]

Probably Pop Eye. My Tang had it for a few weeks once, he ran into something. Then it went away.

 

[PeterEde]

Probably Pop Eye. My Tang had it for a few weeks once, he ran into something. Then it went away.

Hopefully

 

[Goaway]

Also, fish does appear to have ich.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Not popeye. Is it one or both eyes? Appears to have scrape or injury. Treatment would be ethromyacin (mardel maracyn one)
Looking at fish, appears to have flukes also. To Confirm, using a Clean bucket add fish to bucket of tap water the same temperature as display tank for 5 mins. Thereafter return it to display tank.
Using a flashlight, look at bottom of that bucket for what looks like fish scales or sesame seeds. If you can see that - Flukes. If not, apply PraziPro BUT with prazi which can be used in display tank, add aeration to tank and prazi will lower dissolved oxygen and curb appetite of fish.

 

[PeterEde]

Also, fish does appear to have ich.

I qt'd it incase but spots appear less today and not getting bigger

 

[Goaway]

I qt'd it incase but spots appear less today and not getting bigger

Just confirming the spots aren't sand as you were wondering about in the main post. There appears to be a film on the fish due to irritation from the ich.

If you want to treat, that is up to you. Copper takes 3 days to work. It will not help your fish should he get severely infected to the point he can't move.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Just confirming the spots aren't sand as you were wondering about in the main post. There appears to be a film on the fish due to irritation from the ich.

If you want to treat, that is up to you. Copper takes 3 days to work. It will not help your fish should he get severely infected to the point he can't move.

Flame hawk, rarely if ever will go in sand. They tend to hang between coral awaiting a meal at elevated parts of tank )
Belly is clear and if in sand would have it mainly on belly area
Mine always at top and acting like I dont see it

 

[Goaway]

Flame hawk, rarely if ever will go in sand. They tend to hang between coral awaiting a meal at elevated parts of tank )
Belly is clear and if in sand would have it mainly on belly area
Mine always at top and acting like I dont see it

I wouldn't think so. All hawk fish I have seen love to perch on rocks of some form.

Beautiful fish. Ido hope he gets the fellow into good health.

 

[jassermd]

Sorry to say, but that's not sand...
If it where my fish, I would catch and as @vetteguy53081 noted, freshwater dip and then get into copper. He will likely also need treatment for flukes and antibiotics for his popeye, assuming that's not due to the flukes. As others have noted, this looks like ich and flukes with popeye.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Sorry to say, but that's not sand...
If it where my fish, I would catch and as @vetteguy53081 noted, freshwater dip and then get into copper. He will likely also need treatment for flukes and antibiotics for his popeye, assuming that's not due to the flukes. As others have noted, this looks like ich and flukes with popeye.

I personally would not attempt copper until verification for flukes via FW dip. Ich itself is widespread and not just upper half of body

 

[PeterEde]

Flame hawk, rarely if ever will go in sand. They tend to hang between coral awaiting a meal at elevated parts of tank )

Belly is clear and if in sand would have it mainly on belly area

Mine always at top and acting like I dont see This oneit

Flame hawk, rarely if ever will go in sand. They tend to hang between coral awaiting a meal at elevated parts of tank )
Belly is clear and if in sand would have it mainly on belly area
Mine always at top and acting like I dont see it

This guy spent a lot of tone on the bottom.

 

[PeterEde]

Not popeye. Is it one or both eyes? Appears to have scrape or injury. Treatment would be ethromyacin (mardel maracyn one)
Looking at fish, appears to have flukes also. To Confirm, using a Clean bucket add fish to bucket of tap water the same temperature as display tank for 5 mins. Thereafter return it to display tank.
Using a flashlight, look at bottom of that bucket for what looks like fish scales or sesame seeds. If you can see that - Flukes. If not, apply PraziPro BUT with prazi which can be used in display tank, add aeration to tank and prazi will lower dissolved oxygen and curb appetite of fish.

Only one eye. Looks to be an injury.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This guy spent a lot of tone on the bottom.

Do you have any shrimp in the tank?

 

[PeterEde]

Do you have any shrimp in the tank?

A few

 

[PeterEde]

He's in Qt.
Added .5ml cupramine

 

[PeterEde]

Not sure he knows he's a Hawkfish.
Even in DT he spends a lot of time at the bottom