Potentially cloudy eye ocellaris clownfish

[TX_REEF]

Hello, I notice my larger clown’s eye appears slightly cloudy. Active and eating completely fine, is this anything to worry about? It’s her left eye.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello, I notice my larger clown’s eye appears slightly cloudy. Active and eating completely fine, is this anything to worry about? It’s her left eye.

Not seeing other flaws on fish, this may be a scratch on eye surface or light injury. While you can risk it and wait to see if it clears, im seeing too many fish getting eye infection. I would quarantine fish and treat with Maracyn AKA Maracyn1 which is ethromyacin for 5 days

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

With just one eye affected, it is most likely an injury., It doesn't look too severe to me, I would just observe it for now. Watch for increased cloudiness, a bulging eye, or the start of the same issue on other other eye.

Jay

 

[TX_REEF]

Ok, there are only 2 clowns in the tank so not much risk of exposure. I’ll wait it out and see how it progresses or heals. Thanks for the advice

 

[TX_REEF]

Not seeing other flaws on fish, this may be a scratch on eye surface or light injury. While you can risk it and wait to see if it clears, im seeing too many fish getting eye infection. I would quarantine fish and treat with Maracyn AKA Maracyn1 which is ethromyacin for 5 days

I do not have any quarantine mechanism in my home

 

[TX_REEF]

happy ending here - I did a 5-minute dip with RO/DI water, and in a week the eye cleared completely