Regular Member J.Allen Posted September 13, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted September 13, 2020 Hello, I hope this posting finds you well. Im new to the forum and fish keeping, I have 3 fancy goldfish 2 telescope eye and 1 Thai Oranda. they all poses unique qualities(some say defects) that can be picked out with a critical eye however, they are all active and healthy. My "Red" telescope eye named MagiKarp came to me with what looked like a spot of cataract on the pupil I was concerned that it might be parasites but after more research and consideration I decided that I believe its more of a cataract ( there is the abnormality with the eye socket which leads me to believe that this was something that has been with the fish from birth or fry stage.) Roughly 2 months have passed and I have definitely learned some lessons through the errors of my ways, now it appears the spot I thought was cataract seems slightly larger and MagiKarp's eye has been encased partially by what looks to me like shiny new scale. 1. If one fish in my tank had parasites wouldn't that get in the water column and infect my other fish as well? ( there has been no sign of this and this is another reason why I think its more of a cataract) 2. Has anyone seen or heard of such a thing? 3. Due to my early over feeding habits my tank currently hast nitrates in the range of 80-100 PPM could this have something to do with it ? I have slowly been changing out water but read there was a thing called Nitrate shock , where if they had acclimated to high nitrate removing nitrate rapidly may have adverse effects. so I've been changing 5-10 gal of water a week, not on a strict regiment just a water swap and wait and see , the water swap again. I have attached photos of Magikarp Below as well as my DIY aquarium Build. this is my first tank ever , so have mercy if you see something improper but please tell me straight so I can start planning the fix. Substrate is a mixture of Flourite Black, Flourite Red, and Pool filter sand, plants are real, rocks are real, driftwood is real. if you've read this, I thank you for your time, any advice will be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Jordan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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