Is my black moor's eye coming off?

[Devilishturtles]

I woke up this morning, to a huge slice in the eye of my black moor. I've had this fish for about three years coming soon. Water quality is ok, although it's been about 2 weeks since I last did a water change.

It looks like a perfect knife slice, straight down where the eye meets the head sorta. He was fine last night, and this morning, all gouged open. The area behind the cut is white, and I swear I can see his eye innards, it looks like. Everything is ok, he is eating fine, swimming normally, even the sore seems to be healthy (as much as it can be)...any ideas what happened? Anything I can do to fix it? I'm in the process of getting a picture.

Thanks in advance.

[TankGirl]

I'd get some Melafix and Pimafix in there to prevent any kind of bacterial infection. Probably the moor will lose the eye, but I think many of us have one-eyed-fish stories to tell you, and believe me, they do fine without an eye. Any idea how it was injured?

Pay close attention to water quality with frequent partial water changes while this heals.

[Devilishturtles]

Still trying to get the pic uploaded, but am battling a faulting computer. Today, his eye looks almost the same, but has a bit off cloudiness in it/coming off of it. I have gotten some melafix and stress coat, but I Can't move him, he is too big.

The other side of his eye looks like it's getting white. Could this be anotehr sign of cracking, or just an infection. Also, I asked someone who comes into WM sometimes to fish chat with me, and I mentioned it to him, and he said something about the skin drying out, due to a lack of slime coating...

does that make any sense? Just trying to figure out what would make the eye split away like that...

Thank you.