Silver Dollar with cloudy eye...help!

[Chriznat20]

I noticed today my silver dollar fish has a cloudy eye and looks slightly swollen!! The other silver dollar has no cloudiness, nor do any of my other community.

I performed a 50% water change Wednesday. I do 33% water changes 2x weekly, but I missed 1 water change so I made up on Wednesday with a 50%.

What do I do for the fish? Should I QT the fish? What causes cloudy eyes?

 

[dkpate]

Bacterial infections (internal) can cause them. If it looks swollen, I would search pop eye, and see if that looks like what he has.

 

[Zagz]

Quite often it can be bacterial, it can also be caused by an injury. Is there anything he might have damaged his eye on?

I have had great success with pristine water conditions. It sounds like you have a good regimine for water changes so I doubt it is the water parameters.

Have you added anything new to the tank?

 

[Chriznat20]

Well, it must've been an injury... today it looks a lot better and the cloudiness is now confined to an area about 1/3 the size of a pencil eraser, whereas the other day it was more widespread. I bet its healing....

On the same note, this is the silver dollar that Ive witnessed "diving" into the gravel to stir up food! Crazy little dude....lol.

 

[dkpate]

Sounds like you found the problem then! Yayy! Glad it wasn't bacterial. Just keep his water clean, and he should be good to go!

 

[Zagz]

I am glad to hear it was only an injury! It is quite common for fish to get eye injuries, especially when they are curious fishes.