Ever have a blind fish?

[Hobbiest]

I am actually confused by this. The OB Peacock male I have had over a year seems to have an issue. He was my best eating fish in the 90 bit was gonna get killed by a fish in that tank. I moved him to a 29. He ignores food now. He still pocks up gravel and moves it all over the tank. He still goes into the pvc piping and hides once in awhile. He doesn't seem to see the food. He never hides when I walk by and does run from my hand in the tank until I touch him. I don't know if he's blind or just unhappy with new tank. Last year an electric yellow of mine got really beaten up and went completely blond after. He couldn't see anything. He bumped into things. You could tell at feeding time he could not see the food but desperately went for it.

[Ava333]

It doesn't exactly sound like he's blind. I kinda suspect he would be bumping into the PVC pipe if he couldn't see. Picking up rocks and moving them around the tank is either him looking for food or he's redecorating like they do for the ladies. It honestly sounds like he's ether not spooked easily because he knows he's by himself, or he's not happy being alone, or he's recovering.....

Are the water parameters different in the 29 gallon? Is the temp different? How long has he been in the 29 gallon? Maybe he's recovering from the stress the other fish inflicted? Did he get damaged/beat up before you moved him? Where was the damage and how bad was it? Do the eyes look normal, swollen, cloudy, ect.? (Just trying to get a good picture of what happened. Most people don't move their fish unless it's serious.)

I recently moved 1 of my Mbunas to the 20L and he didn't act like himself at all. After I put up a divider and dropped in my female DB Peacock, he perked RIGHT up.

I did have a peacock damage one of it's eyes while trying to escape being beat up. It stayed swollen for over a week and you could tell that he had little or no vision on that side. Things got better after the swelling went down.

[mibwb]

I remember a aquatics pond shop in I think Midland ...has long since closed....that had a blind cichlid....I can't remember what kind, but the blindness was caused by high ammonia. I asked the owner why he kept the fish? The owner said the fish had no trouble eating because fish have noses so they can smell the food. Funny how you can forget that fish do have a nose.