Not sure how many questions I've asked about this fish but once again, more problems with Plinko, the blind blue acara. Noticed yesterday that he now has a white circle around his pupil and based on descriptions would call it either "cloudy eye" or "opaque lens" but the few pictures I can find of these problems don't appear to be what Plinko has. Today he was more or less motionless - not eating (even though food was just below his chin, or whatever fish have) and not responding to me shaking the food canister, spending all his time resting on the bottom in one corner or another, and gasping. I had noticed him spending more time resting on the bottom over the last few weeks but thought that maybe, since he's blind, he's just sleeping during the day since to him it's always nighttime.
water parameters:
ammonia & nitrite = 0
nitrate = 20/-
pH = 7.2-7.4
water temp = 77
dKH = 3
GH = 50-60
I don't have any aggressive fish, the 4" bristlenose being the meanest thing in there, so I don't think this was an injury, probably an infection? One site also suggested that this could be due to poor diet and all Plinko typically eats are Hikari carnivore pellets - could that also be a problem? Any thoughts on treatment?
Thanks!
water parameters:
ammonia & nitrite = 0
nitrate = 20/-
pH = 7.2-7.4
water temp = 77
dKH = 3
GH = 50-60
I don't have any aggressive fish, the 4" bristlenose being the meanest thing in there, so I don't think this was an injury, probably an infection? One site also suggested that this could be due to poor diet and all Plinko typically eats are Hikari carnivore pellets - could that also be a problem? Any thoughts on treatment?
Thanks!