Hi there, I was wondering if any one has any ideas concerning a pink tailed trigger we have that seems to have gone blind. although there are no outward signs of damage to the eyes and they are not glazzed.
We have hade him for some time and he has been fine,eating well and getting on with the other fish in the tank. About three weeks ago he disapeared into the rocks and was not seen for about two weeks, when he did finally appear he swam round the tank bumping into the sides, since this time he seems to have stopped eating and is starting to get very thin. We have tried to entice him into eating on his own but with no succsess.
Any ideas or help would be greatly appreacited.
Regards sidtom

sorry to read that you are having trouble with your trigger,I have a wrasse that has not eaten for nearly 5 weeks now . have a look at the thread clown wrasse and see the advice I was given by the members ,whilse it did not work for me it may work for you. ( dont like the part about him bumping into the sides of the tank though.

Thanks for the info grandad, i'll give it a try, and keep you posted, just dont want to loose him as he's such a lovely fish.

I know how you feel mate, breaks your heart watching them wasting away and no matter what you try do, no response . but where theirs life theres hope , so lets hope he comes round,and starts eating again .

any progress with him sidtom

Hello grandad
Thanks for the concern, i'm pleased to say that today i managed to get him to eat some dried seaweed by hand feeding him, not a lot but at least he had something. I've been watching him and it's fairly obvious that he has gone blind, but he seems to be holding his own with the other fish that he has with him.
What does concern me tho is that we're in the prosses of going from a 100gal tank to a 200gal and he seems know he's way around the smaller tank, with all it's noocks and cranneys. I just hope that when we finaly transfer him it dos'nt come as to much of a shock.
once again thanks for your concern.

glad to hear hes eating something , and after you move him ,he should soon get the hang of his new setting (you would if you bashed your self on things )I had a blind regal tang many years ago and you know how fast they are .and he managed and lived for several years )after he became blind.

Here's hopeing, I'll try and get some photo's of him. Thanks again

Note to Grandad.
Just to let you know he's still with us, dos'nt seem sluggish at all, and he's always there at feeding time, i'm still manageing to feed him by hand

Great news, he should be fine now hes getting over the trauma of going blind.

just keep on feeding him, and keep an eye out for anything picking on him ,and you should manage to keep him for quite a few more years.

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