Angles with red eyes??

E46er · 02-26-2008, 11:14 PM

i have a large angel fish and recently his eyes went red the part that used to be white but they are not swollen and he shows no signs of being blind he can follow my finger on the glass. he isnt distraught he still eats and swims actively

i searched on here and on google and cant find anything it doesnt look like popeye as its not swollen.

Does anybody know or is he just now a devil fish??

jwurm · 02-29-2008, 05:05 PM

What are your water parameters? Perhaps this is an adverse reaction to excessive amounts of toxins (amm, NO2, NO3, etc)

Try a WC and see if that helps any.

E46er · 02-29-2008, 06:44 PM

no i do reglious WC`s and the tank is fully cycled been up for atleast 8-9 months

anyways
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 20
temp 76-77
gh fluctuates betwen 60 and 160 ppm
kh fluctuates between 20-30 ppm
lights on timer

thanks for the reply tho

cichlidgirl · 02-29-2008, 07:55 PM

A picture would be very helpful.
CG

jwurm · 02-29-2008, 09:34 PM

hmm... sounds like a tricky situation. I agree with CG. A picture is worth a thousand words and will help us help you!

Tommy Gun · 02-29-2008, 09:37 PM

I agree with cichlidgirl in that a picture would be very helpful and I don't mean to rule out anything but for some reason I am under the impession that the red eyes are either a hit or miss type thing, or some varieties have naturally occuring eyes:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...95582&ei=UTF-8

http://waynesworldangelfish.com/BlackGhost.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_smileyfish/1349832710/

Perhaps the largest reason I think the red eyes may not be a problem at all is based upon the observation that the first two links are pictures of fish for two different online LFS and I would assume that it would be pretty silly for them to showcase a sick fish...but I suppse nothing is really impossible.

E46er · 03-01-2008, 11:03 AM

the pictures looks eactly like my angels eye does ok thanks tommy maybe he is just maturing?

Tommy Gun · 03-01-2008, 11:25 AM

That is kind of what I was thinking.

missfish · 03-07-2008, 08:19 PM

G day,

Discus do the same thing as they mature their eyes turn red. I know they are differernt species and all but they are from the same area.

Missfish