Telescope Eye on Goldfish Shrunken and Cloudy

[GreenSorceress]

Hello! Looking for advice on if there is anything I can do to help this eye regrow/heal.  It used to have a large telescope eye, but a few months ago it shrank and now has a cloudiness over it. There isn't anything really sharp in the tank that could have injured it except maybe a plant weight? He is in a 55 gallon with 2 other fancy goldfish. I have very fine crushed coral on the bottom, river rocks, and java fern. It is filtered by an aquaclear 70 and a sponge filter. I do a 30% water change every week. (GH 60, KH 80, pH 6.5-7.0, Ammonia/Nitrite 0, Nitrate 20-40 when measured before the weekly water change, temp 77 F). I did get a small ammonia spike after I used the med trio but that was after the initial problem and it seems to have corrected. I've used the med trio, then salt up to level 3, then tried Kanaplex usually with a week or so between treatments to see if it worked.

I noticed right before it shrank that the eye seemed really wobbly. So now I'm wondering if it is just a genetic issue and not a parasite. Just trying to see if there is anything else I can do.

[Colu]

He could have ruptured the fluid sacs in the eye if that's the case it won't get better with meds I would treat with with API fungus cure for the cloudy eye @GreenSorceress

Edited March 31, 2021 by Colu

[GardenStateGoldfish]

this is common when the eye has been injured in some way, it likely will never be the same as the other eye just keep the water really clean and if you notice anything escalate then treat with medication. I suspect he will just be blind in the small eye and live a completely normal life after it heals. 

[Biotope Biologist]

Sometimes they will regain sight in the damaged eye just depends on if it is actually infected or if it's healing. Although I couldn't imagine the eyesight of that breed being very good to begin with.

[GreenSorceress]

From his actions I think he is blind in the smaller eye, but he eats normally and doesn't seem to be in pain. My concern was that the cloudiness meant it was still infected. I think I'll stop medicating and just give it time.