richardeblack
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Hello
I am new to this forum so pleas forgive me posting about something already discussed. Unfortunately none of the other posts I have found cover our situation exactly.
I have one Black Moor (called Mardi Fish) about 19cm long in a tank 60 X 30 X 35cm (63l) (on his own) with an Aqua Internal 200 filter unit. There are a few ornaments in the tank. We feed him a brand of food called Aquarian goldfish and coldwater flake food.
We clean the tank out when it starts to get a bit of algae on the glass, probably about every 3 to 4 weeks. I used to just do partial changes and vacuum the gravel but my wife insists on emptying the whole tank now and cleaning everything when we clean him. We make sure the water is the same temperature and treat it with tapwater conditioner before putting him back in. He always seems quite happy and lively as soon as we put him back in.
I am afraid I don't have a kit to test parameters but will get one but the temperature is about 18 degrees C.
He has quite bad popeye in one eye but is full of beans otherwise. He had it before and recovered and his eye looked ok for a while. He now has it again but it is quite bad this time and I am a bit worried. I have put some photographs on the thread. It doesn't seem to worry him and he is very lively (makes it difficult to get a good photo). No sign of it in the other eye.
Is it more likely to be damage, either from handling him or from the ornaments?
Can someone suggest the best way of dealing with it please? As I say, it got better last time but is worse this time. It is the same eye as last time.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Richard.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SzDAx447VUERdT9k7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XqEaqrz5gfEiETkr5
I am new to this forum so pleas forgive me posting about something already discussed. Unfortunately none of the other posts I have found cover our situation exactly.
I have one Black Moor (called Mardi Fish) about 19cm long in a tank 60 X 30 X 35cm (63l) (on his own) with an Aqua Internal 200 filter unit. There are a few ornaments in the tank. We feed him a brand of food called Aquarian goldfish and coldwater flake food.
We clean the tank out when it starts to get a bit of algae on the glass, probably about every 3 to 4 weeks. I used to just do partial changes and vacuum the gravel but my wife insists on emptying the whole tank now and cleaning everything when we clean him. We make sure the water is the same temperature and treat it with tapwater conditioner before putting him back in. He always seems quite happy and lively as soon as we put him back in.
I am afraid I don't have a kit to test parameters but will get one but the temperature is about 18 degrees C.
He has quite bad popeye in one eye but is full of beans otherwise. He had it before and recovered and his eye looked ok for a while. He now has it again but it is quite bad this time and I am a bit worried. I have put some photographs on the thread. It doesn't seem to worry him and he is very lively (makes it difficult to get a good photo). No sign of it in the other eye.
Is it more likely to be damage, either from handling him or from the ornaments?
Can someone suggest the best way of dealing with it please? As I say, it got better last time but is worse this time. It is the same eye as last time.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Richard.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SzDAx447VUERdT9k7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XqEaqrz5gfEiETkr5
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