GNarnian
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've been worried about this guy for a long time, but even though he is blind he won't sit still! He seems to have a couple problems. He's 6 or 7 years old, and has cataracts over both of his eyes. He's had them for over a year, and I thought he was completely blind, but he seems to react to the flash on my camera phone.
Today after a routine water change, I noticed some blood in the eye socket, seemingly in front of the cataract. It looks like the veins in the eye are trying to supply blood to the surface of the cataract, since it isn't pooling or anything.
Do you guys think he just hit the eye or something? I'm worried that he's in pain.
Also, as you can see in the picture I think, his gill just on that side is rather flared. This has also been like this for a very long time, and it is on both sides, though one is worse than the other. Does anyone have any insight as to what's going on with this guy?
Also as far as tank parameters go:
Ammonia and Nitrites are 0, Nitrates are between 5-10ppm
pH is sitting around 7.6
I've been watching the ammonia closely since I added some fish two days ago.