Flukes??

[Brooks Allman]

Hi everyone,

i have an orange timor wrasse and two clownfish in my new 130. I have had these three together for over a year in the same tank. There have been no issues with breathing or flashing at all but the wrasse has what looks like cloudy eyes when the light hits them right. He also yawns every once in a while but my experience with wrasses has been that they all do this. My larger clown also yawns once in a blue moon but that is also something. she’s always done. Here are the photos of the wrasses eyes. One in the shade and one with the light hitting just right.

opionions?

 

[blaxsun]

It's hard to tell from the images, but the eyes look fairly clear for the most part. Is it cloudy or are you just getting some light refraction? And my melanurus wrasse yawns on occasion as well.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hi everyone,

i have an orange timor wrasse and two clownfish in my new 130. I have had these three together for over a year in the same tank. There have been no issues with breathing or flashing at all but the wrasse has what looks like cloudy eyes when the light hits them right. He also yawns every once in a while but my experience with wrasses has been that they all do this. My larger clown also yawns once in a blue moon but that is also something. she’s always done. Here are the photos of the wrasses eyes. One in the shade and one with the light hitting just right.

opionions?

Neobenedenia flukes on a fish's eye looks milky/cloudy, not iridescent like this.
It is unusual for flukes to appear so late in the game - I usually see them within 8 to 12 weeks of acquiring a fish, Have you added anything to the tank recently?

Jay