Goldflake angelfish eye bubble

[cjthebarber]

Hey everyone i have a 30gal tank and a 240 gallon tank and i currently have a flame angelfish small, 2 storm clowns small,and a goldflake angelfish 4-5 inch id say and the flame and goldflake had there fins ripped apart and breathing a little bit more for a little now and my goldflake recently has a bubble around his one eye but not cloudy but i can see its not right. Shoild i transfer him into my big tank or should i keep him in here i did a water chamge yeaterday. Im afraid i put only him in my big tank he will get smoked i have to add multiple fish at a time if i was going to do that thank you, the goldflake has been in that fake flower now too not sure if hes getting beat up but the flame angelfish is so dmall i cant see it doing anything to goldflake ….. they both were about 30 days in qt to go to my big tank and this happened

 

[fishguy242]

Hi , need pics of eye ,short video of breathing

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey everyone i have a 30gal tank and a 240 gallon tank and i currently have a flame angelfish small, 2 storm clowns small,and a goldflake angelfish 4-5 inch id say and the flame and goldflake had there fins ripped apart and breathing a little bit more for a little now and my goldflake recently has a bubble around his one eye but not cloudy but i can see its not right. Shoild i transfer him into my big tank or should i keep him in here i did a water chamge yeaterday. Im afraid i put only him in my big tank he will get smoked i have to add multiple fish at a time if i was going to do that thank you, the goldflake has been in that fake flower now too not sure if hes getting beat up but the flame angelfish is so dmall i cant see it doing anything to goldflake ….. they both were about 30 days in qt to go to my big tank and this happened

Fish is very distant in the pic. Use same light and take closer if possible. Likely an injury but want to confirm

 

[cjthebarber]

Hi , need pics of eye ,short video of breathing

Sure ill post a video, but it happend so fast this week before i can transfer to my big tank where the water quality is prestine.. but the other problem is that he lost his color a little and his blue in his lips and outline of tail isnt as blue as when i got him so hes fading a little.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Hey everyone i have a 30gal tank and a 240 gallon tank and i currently have a flame angelfish small, 2 storm clowns small,and a goldflake angelfish 4-5 inch id say and the flame and goldflake had there fins ripped apart and breathing a little bit more for a little now and my goldflake recently has a bubble around his one eye but not cloudy but i can see its not right. Shoild i transfer him into my big tank or should i keep him in here i did a water chamge yeaterday. Im afraid i put only him in my big tank he will get smoked i have to add multiple fish at a time if i was going to do that thank you, the goldflake has been in that fake flower now too not sure if hes getting beat up but the flame angelfish is so dmall i cant see it doing anything to goldflake ….. they both were about 30 days in qt to go to my big tank and this happened

While we are waiting for closer pics and a clear video - when fish show up with ripped fin and a bubble in one eye, that is always from fighting. You need to figure out who is doing the fighting and separate them into two tanks, or with a tank divider. Avoid using an acclimation chamber, those are too small.

 

[cjthebarber]

While we are waiting for closer pics and a clear video - when fish show up with ripped fin and a bubble in one eye, that is always from fighting. You need to figure out who is doing the fighting and separate them into two tanks, or with a tank divider. Avoid using an acclimation chamber, those are too small.

 

[cjthebarber]

While we are waiting for closer pics and a clear video - when fish show up with ripped fin and a bubble in one eye, that is always from fighting. You need to figure out who is doing the fighting and separate them into two tanks, or with a tank divider. Avoid using an acclimation chamber, those are too small.

 

[cjthebarber]

 

[Jay Hemdal]

The flame angel is pretty beaten up. The goldflake's eye may be from physical trauma, but it could also possibly be from gas supersaturation. Here is an article I wrote on fish eye health:

Aquarium Fish: The ‘Eyes’ Have it: A Review of Eye Health in Aquarium Fishes

Aquarists need to inspect their fish closely every day, for signs of impending health problems. It is much easier to resolve a problem when it first starts, than to attempt a drastic emergency treatment when the fish is close to dying.

reefs.com

 

[cjthebarber]

I think its something else, goldflake stopped eating so gave him a fw dip and will try and feed tommorow smh the tank has been going over a year and a half the small one

 

[cjthebarber]

I think its something else, goldflake stopped eating so gave him a fw dip and will try and feed tommorow smh the tank has been going over a year and a half the small one

And the two clownfish are perfectly normal how is that ? And i also have a rodi system i get my water from never tap

 

[Jay Hemdal]

And the two clownfish are perfectly normal how is that ? And i also have a rodi system i get my water from never tap

Just to rule out supersaturation - in home aquariums, that always happens if the system develops an air leak in the suction side of a pump. It could be a pinhole leak in a pipe, but allowing a sump to evaporate down and have it "catch air" is a common cause. If you can rule out any chance of an air leak, then I think you are back to tankmate aggression. However, it could be primary or secondary aggression: In primary, the damage is severe enough to cause the not eating symptoms, etc. In secondary aggression, there is some underlying problem that allows a fish to become weakened and then get attacked. In those cases, the underlying problem needs to be identified and resolved. In this case, it could be flukes. However, you would see some fish scratching/flashing if it were flukes.