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My CAE routinely attacked my gourami, who has passed away from the wounds now (I didn't realize it was occuring often util I saw the sore on gourami's side). Anyway, this CAE for a long time has acted like he was blind, always hunting around for his algae wafers if I didn't put them exactly in the same spot. I can't say that I've really had a good look at his eyes until now, so this could been like this for awhile, but I recently put him into his own 29 gallon planted tank due to his agressiveness, and I've noticed one eye is completely cloudy, and the other one has a little cloud spot.

The pH in his original tank was 7.0 and this one is at about 7.7, but I acclimitized him more than an hour slowly using a refugium type thing that hangs in the tank. I did not cycle the tank, but it has plants and I used bioballs from his original tank plus Eco-complete substrate which is supposed to have "beneficial bacteria." I have been doing frequent water changes.

He is about 6 inches long, but he's never been still long enough for me to measure him.

Do you think he is becoming blind? Or, is this bacteria? Or, is it perhaps the result of injury fighting with the gourami? Will he recover?

Do you think he is becoming blind? Or, is this bacteria? Or, is it perhaps the result of injury fighting with the gourami? Will he recover?

I'm sorry to say yes it will be going blind, and most likely the condition is caused by bacteria,coupled with injury from fighting perhaps. Recovery depends on how long it's had the condition, but is still worth a try i have recovered a few other species from totaly white eyes.

what have you fought it with? I dont have a lot of confidence in fish antibiotics although I've been successful with ick meds. I don't have a lot of confidence in Melafix either, but I added a small dose to his tank nonetheless.

General antibactrial medication myxazin by waterlife i used. which is malachite whith some formalin(what else i don't know), used every day for about 12days.

good luck with the treatment.

I haven't heard of that med here, but malachite green and formalin are available. I hate to use those meds with plants in my tank -- and I have nice plants in there. I don't want to move him to a quarantine tank because I just moved him to his 29 gallon and I think he's been stressed. This bothers me. I hate to let it go if I can treat it, but I hate to treat it and be unsure of the outcome and kill my plants (I have nowhere to put the plants right now either).

I think it is a disease called Cloudy eye. I'am soo sorry that happened.