Wound or disease/parasite?

[Aquajan]

Hi,

I just noticed one of my clowns has a wound or something else on his eye.
She has eggs on the glass witch she defends and I've seen the clowns chase the yellow tang away a few times so I think the clown might be stabbed in the eye.
But I have also I troduced a new wrasse and new corals the past weeks so it might be something else...
Any one know what this on the clowns eye is?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

The last photo sure looks like an injury to me. Generally, other issues that cause cloudy eyes are bilateral, and involve more than one fish - in this case, the other clownfish's eyes look fine. Additionally, it looks like damage to the top of the eye orbit. Clownfish tending their nests can get pretty rambunctious, and it may have tangled with your tang, as you suggested.. I know it sounds lame, but I wouldn't treat this....let it get better on its own, or not. The fish *could* possibly lose the eye, but it is unlikely to die from it. My guess is that it will heal on its own in a week or two.

Jay

 

[Aquajan]

Hi Jay,

Ok that sounds cinda good.. too bad for the clown tough, I wil let him be and hope it recovers.

Thanks

 

[CindyKz]

FWIW, I had a cardinal fish with the same eye issue. If was after a tank move so we figured we injured him while netting him.

It took some time but healed without intervention.

 

[4FordFamily]

It looks like an injury, my only concern is that it may be infected (cannot tell for sure). How fast has this cloudiness come about?

 

[Aquajan]

Hi,

I posted the pictures as soon I noticed it.

The wound seems to be just above the eye or between the eye and the eye socket.
It does not become better or worse since I noticed and I can see her eye and her pupil trough the white stuff.