Fox face eye problems

[Jakedanijacob]

Hi I got a foxface with a tank I bought off the net it come with a cloudy eye but it started to go away then I moved all the rocks around and taken loads of the soft corals out and changed to sps and lps then I noticed the foxface eye getting worse been trying to find out what it is or what can be causing it but nothing I find can help me

 

[Jakedanijacob]

It’s hard to get a pic of his bad eye as he only likes to show his good eye

 

[Crabs McJones]

Did it have the cloudy popeye before or after you received it?

 

[Jakedanijacob]

It had one cloudy eye then the pop eye has come on after I moved stuff about was a little fighting to start off with to with him and my tang

 

[Crabs McJones]

It had one cloudy eye then the pop eye has come on after I moved stuff about was a little fighting to start off with to with him and my tang

Do you have the ability to setup a quarantine tank?
I would and move him over and start running Kanaplex and Metroplex. The combination of the two are great for treating popeye

 

[Jakedanijacob]

I don’t but can try sort something well I need to as he’s my favourite hate seeing him like this he is eating fine too

 

[Mical]

A friend here says PraziPro might help. I can't say for certainty but I've used it for fin ailments and cloudy eyes on clownfish.

 

[Jakedanijacob]

Can you use it in A reef

 

[Mical]

yea no problem

 

[Crabs McJones]

Can you use it in A reef

If you're referring to Prazi, yes you can, as long as you dont have any feather duster or fan worms you want to keep. Or a heavy bristleworm population.

 

[Jakedanijacob]

If you're referring to Prazi, yes you can, as long as you dont have any feather duster or fan worms you want to keep. Or a heavy bristleworm population.

That I do so thanks as don’t want to kill them going to try set him a tank up

 

[vetteguy53081]

Epsom SALT BATH SHOULD HELP AS WILL Melafix. Melafix actually works well on cloudy eye

 

[Big G]

You've gotten some great advice above ^^^ . Epsom is the most gentle and the usual first step. Plain USP epsom salts 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons of tank water and can be dose once more a day or two later.

If the infection persists, treat with erythromycin in a QT at the dose recommended on the package. Or can double the dosage as a 30 minute bath.

 

[Jakedanijacob]

I can not get any plain Epsom salt till tomorrow will this be okay thank you everyone this site helps a lot as I been stressing for two days

 

[Jakedanijacob]

Is this the right stuff thanks

 

[NowGlazeIT]

If you're referring to Prazi, yes you can, as long as you dont have any feather duster or fan worms you want to keep. Or a heavy bristleworm population.

Prazi takes out bristleworms?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Prazi takes out bristleworms?

Yes, any worms prazi will affect

 

[Big G]

Is this the right stuff thanks

The label says "original scent"? Not quite sure what that means. You want plain unscented. Does it list any additives on the back label?

 

[Jakedanijacob]

It don’t say but found this just as close to me it says it’s 100% pure

 

[Jakedanijacob]

This is the tank just swapped from soft to sps and lps and still some soft as my tank was crazy full off soft corals over taken the tank and am sure I added to the fox faces stress by doing this not sure as everything els seems fine my sps and lps is doing well and my test results are almost always the same did move about tho after I changed my rock work but went stable almost straight away just nitrate and phosphate went up abit but got it back down with a water change plus I dose nitraphos minus to keep my leaves consistent