Sick Bangaii Cardinal

[dschlacht]

I have a Bangaii Cardinal in a 40 Gallon Reef Tank, and he seems to have developed a cataract of sorts in one of his eyes. The eye has bulged a bit, and has some white puss in it. Anyone know how to cure it? Thanks for the help.

David Schlacht

[Reefland]

Welcome to Reefland!

I am going to move this to the Fish Only forum for a much better response. ;)

Scott

[icemark]

First Welcome On-Board,

Second:
It sounds like a bacterial infection or possible a fungus. I would take him out, put him in your quarantine tank and treat him with some generic broad band antibiotics (like Kanacyn or Spectrogram) and see if that helps.

If you see no change after 3 or 4 days then a good saltwater broad band anti-fungal agent (like Saltwater Maracyn) might be needed.

Might bring the quarantine tanks temp up to around 80-83 as well, if it is not already.

I would also do at least a 30% water change in your main tank after removing the sick fish. Typically both fungal and bactial infections on fish you have had for a while; are indications that the water quality is poor.

Remember you don't want to use these chemicals in your main tank.