Re: NANFA-L-- cataracts?

Bob Culler (rangerbob-in-optidynamic.com)
Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:14:52 -0500

I had a creek chub last year that had them. He died a couple of months
after I noticed them, probably from old age. He had been in that tank for
4-5 years, I think.

From what I have read, some fish get cataracts from nutritional
deficiencies. Probably most common in farm-raised stuff like salmon, I believe.

At 04:52 PM 3/12/05 -0800, you wrote:
>Is it possible for a fish to get cataracts? Michelle
>(the pickrelle) has a cloudy spot on each eye. She is
>active as ever, eating, and fat. I just noticed them
>yesterday.
>
>-Laura
>
>
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Kingsport, TN
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