help

I have a gold head compressups that has cloudy eyes and one is red, he is sitting lethargic on the bottom of my tank while cleaning it

Do a big water change and get some general antibiotics in there. Think it was a fight?

becareful. the comps and calvus do nto haddle large water changes. i know about 30% is thier max. also mine tend to site on the bottom for 2 hours after mine. it is also recommmend that you premix the dechlor in a bucket first with the new water going in. good luck. i hope you are able to save him.

not sure, aside from the cloudy eyes there dosn't appear to be any damage to him. i am hoping it was because i had to delay doing the water change till today.

heres a pic taken while cleaning the tank

Looks like it might be the beginning of popeye or a bacterial eye infection

would this happen if i was unable to do the water change on time?

yes, most non injury eye issues are from bad water?

here's hoping i got it taken care of, i try to do partial water changes once a week and a big water change once a month

Using melafix will aid in a quick recovery.
It has aloe that helps heal most infections.

the gold head is slowly starting to come around, he isn't just sitting on the bottom of the tank and he is eating now.

Glad things are working out. That's the great thing about this site, you can always get help when you need it in a hurry!!

what really sucks is he is the photogenic one in that tank, i swear he sees the camera and poses LOL

moved the gold head to the 10 gallon tank, cheaper to treat that way, he's is less lethargic and the cloudy eyes are gone, i may be looking at doing something with the silly sunflower cichlids would rather keep the comps, calvus's, the frontosas and the goby cichlids

here is the gold head in the 10 gallon

small question, how do you tell if the fish is blind in one eye? the gold head has an eye that is not normal to how it was before, other then that he is almost finished being treated and is about to go back into the main tank.

the one looks like it has a light constantly shinning in it the other eye is normal and he sees well enough to go after the tetras in the hospital tank with him

think once i get the new tank up and running or if i can sell or trade the sunflower the 125 will be calm and peacefull again. then it will be the compreccups, calvus's fronts and the goby cichlids, which don't mess with the other speices in the tank.