LittlePlaty
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Dec 21, 2016
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Hello, fish-loving friends. I'm new on the board and I'd love some advice. My red-belly Pacu is having some problems with his eye and no matter what we do to treat it, it seems to only get worse. I think it's a fungus, but I'd greatly appreciate a second opinion and some advice about a particular med if anyone knows.
First, some background - he's a 4-year old red-bellied Pacu in a 150 gallon tank with 2 (on the small side) 15-year-old red hooks and one needle-nose gar. We recently moved from Florida to North Carolina. The fish were fine for 3 solid months, no issues whatsoever; they even made it through the move with flying colors. But recently, his eye has started to become covered with this 'film/fuzz' and nothing we do seems to help it. It's starting to affect how much he eats (and this guy has had a super appetite all his life).
Some numbers for posterity:
0ppm ammonia 0ppm Nitrite
20ppm nitrate
6 ph
Tank is clean - combo sump system with bioballs and a Cascade 1000 canister filter.
We had a ph of 7.4 in Florida but no issues until this. Here's a photo of his eye problem. It makes him sluggish and he 'hides' a lot where before he was pretty active:
Any advice? Thank you SO much in advance!
First, some background - he's a 4-year old red-bellied Pacu in a 150 gallon tank with 2 (on the small side) 15-year-old red hooks and one needle-nose gar. We recently moved from Florida to North Carolina. The fish were fine for 3 solid months, no issues whatsoever; they even made it through the move with flying colors. But recently, his eye has started to become covered with this 'film/fuzz' and nothing we do seems to help it. It's starting to affect how much he eats (and this guy has had a super appetite all his life).
Some numbers for posterity:
0ppm ammonia 0ppm Nitrite
20ppm nitrate
6 ph
Tank is clean - combo sump system with bioballs and a Cascade 1000 canister filter.
We had a ph of 7.4 in Florida but no issues until this. Here's a photo of his eye problem. It makes him sluggish and he 'hides' a lot where before he was pretty active:
Any advice? Thank you SO much in advance!