Re: [GSAS-Member] Eye problem with angel

[Victorea Earnest <victoreae@yahoo.com>]

Thank you everyone.

The tank is at work, so tomorrow I'll bring in a
smaller tank for her to rest and heal up in. No
substrate, just a filter, heater and the fish.  I'll
try the methlynent blue too, though handling her makes
me nervous.  

--- steev ward <steevward@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I hope Ken's wife is okay and the appointment goes
> well. As for Victorea's angel
> I wouldn't suspect a parasite. It is probably
> bacterial. The best thing would be
> to move her to a different, REALLY clean, tank where
> she could rest up.  You
> should add some salt because that often helps. You
> could also try an antibiotic
> if you like. I like to squirt some Methylene Blue
> (or Acriflavin) right on the
> affected eyes when I move the fish because that
> seems to help.
> 
> It could be that there is something else wrong with
> the fish, internally, and
> that is why she has become susceptible to these eye
> infections. There could also
> be problems with injury from other fish or from
> objects in the tank.
> 
> Steev
> 
> Ken Blanford wrote:
> 
> >    This thread is funny to me.  My wife's name is
> Angel, and she is at the eye
> >    doctor right now.  I assumed you guys had heard
> something I had not.  KWB
> >       
>
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