UGH More problems!

[akfa]

Finally got a hospital tank this morning (had never needed one before but i shoulda had one on hand anyway) and this little peacock I got is probably 1.5 inches, his fins are all torn up, which i know they will grow back. I had posted in another post about fin recovery; WELL when I got the little hospital tank, I cleaned it all out big time, and put stuff from my bigger tank in there just to give him a normal environment, including the water. now when I went to change him to this tank after letting stuff filter for a while, he's freaking missing an eyeball. he is swimming around okay and he did eat some food, but is there anything i can do extra to help this little guy out? i feel so bad that i put him in there and he just got ganged up on, it was a big mistake on my part. now im going to try to nurse him back; but is there anything to help out if he's missing a freaking eyeball? id post a picture but it looks gross! no blood or anything though...


edit: i added some pics. two of them screwed up cuz my card reader likes to combine two pics in one for some reason but you can see his freaking EYEBALL GONE! thats my new tiny hospital tank, and thats a closeup of him in there. :(

[Zulaab]

I have had fish in the past with one eye and they do fine once they go up. In both cases they spawned without problems

[Nickintex]

At the tank at work, I have a lionhead goldfish who lost BOTH eyes 8 years ago and is still doing well. He has no trouble finding food or competing with the other goldfish.

[Zulaab]

Make sure that you have some melafix and pimafix in the water for a while. This will help with the healing and at the same time make sure that the most common parasites and bacteria that attacks open wounds like that dont get infected. If you have some iodine you also want to add that too.. this will all help the fish.

For the most part the flesh will over back up, but there will always be a gaping hole there. The fish will need to be in the hospital tank for a while, as another hit on that side of the fish until its completely healed up is going to get infected again.

[akfa]

well hes made it through 2 days so far! his colors look good and he is eating and swimming around freely. I'm hoping it stays good. it looks really bad cuz its such a huge hole but he is doing great thus far. i hope the infections stay away.

[Zulaab]

make sure that you have melafix and pimafix in the water.. you dont want the bacteria / parasites to even have a chance to jump in there :)

[Darbex]

Hope he makes it. Like Jesper has said he should I have seen a few fish live with one eye.

[gotticgs]

PIRATE ARGHH ... warez me eye patch