I know most folks are wanting to hear about the Lightning Maroon, but there isn’t much to say. “He’s” clean, healthy, likes to eat pellet foods and doesn’t seem at all interested in the mysis and brine shrimp. Not sure what’s up with that, but I’m chalking it up to him being ticked he’s in a breeder net.
The female PNG Maroon continues to be perplexing, but I think we’re getting a clearer picture. I am now thoroughly convinced that she is currently blind in her right eye. Remember early on, she had a slight case of “popeye” that went away. And now, more recently, her right eye went cloudy first, and now both are, with the right being far more severe. And all along, when the female was feeding, food would have to bounce off her face practically.
Well, when I fed brine and mysis (soaked in Reef Plus and Garlic Guard) today, she’s up, swimming in the water column, again picking off food. But she only picks off food that is on her center to left field of vision. And she turns left about 80-90% of the time as she swims through the tank. This is very convincing behavior that at this point in time, she cannot see out of her right eye.
Of course, it’s concerning that she seems to perhaps be recovering some of her vision, yet her left eye is now cloudy too. Assuming this is bacterial, Maracyn SW is not looking very effective against it. However, I do have Kanamycin on the way, thanks to Christine William’s strong suggestion (echoed by several others). So, I may continue to h0ld this fish in QT to treat it with Kanamycin to see if I can’t fix up whatever infection is now causing the cloudy eyes.
Oh, and the last thing I should mention is that she has another slight case of Crypotcaryon…just a few specks. I should be able to get that taken care of when I move her, just need to do it at the right time.
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