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Posted	discus problem
08-11-2006 19:36 by dave w	help please im a bit worried , one of my discus as developed a bit of a cloudy eye , can someone tell me of a possible cause and what i should do to remedy this , thanks
08-11-2006 20:09 by jonie	a few of my fish get it it goes awa y after abit
09-11-2006 06:36 by steve short	if you have just done a water change it is a difference in the ph what causes it. it is nothing to worry about but still watch the fish in case it gets worse
09-11-2006 09:00 by RyanR	Steve, what water are u using with water changes? RO or Treated tap water? I keep discus myself and with water changes (dont have an RO unit) i fill a 5Gal drum with tap water, i add haolex which removes metals and chlorine, the i lower an air driven filter box into the barrel stuffed with Peat Extract and filter over this for 24hours, my tap water PH is 7.2, But my breeder (who i got the discus off) runs his systems at PH 7, so i lower the PH in the barrel with peat over 24 hours, then i do my changes... I'm thinking that if your using treated tap water which hasn't been out of the tap long the PH is radically changing up and down...Which is causing cloud eye... Let me know what ur using mate, if you are using RO then its none of the above and will have to have a re-think!
09-11-2006 13:37 by keith t	i have cloudy eyes
09-11-2006 14:51 by Alan	It can be diet related as well you often see cloudy eyes on catfish especially pangasius if the diet is wrong. Also make sure the filters are clean as a build up of detritus in the filters can cause an increase in unwanted bacteria and fungus within a tank that can lead to problems such as this in otherwise healthy fish. I have a fish that lets me know when the filters are clogging by moving his gills rapidly every so often the filters are not particularly dirty when he does this certainly they don't have enough detritus to be of concern but when I clean out the filters he stops doing this. Having said that the fish is recognised as a filter feeding planktivore although it will eat other stuff so it may actually be filter feeding on suspended matter in the tank. Either way its worth checking your filters to make sure all is running spot on.
10-11-2006 00:56 by steve short	hi ryan i've got no problem i was suggesting to dave what it might be. i use treated water straight out the hot tap then left to cool to room temp and have never had any problems. my ph always ers on the low side as it is a planted tank 6.4-6.6 i have bred and raised young in a community tank

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