Healthy eyes?

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FrankNL
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Healthy eyes?

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Today I was at a shop and they had a L95, the eyes were a little white and pale.
My own L95 has really dark black eyes the same as pictures I came across at the Internet.

I told the shopowner that my thoughts about the eyes and he did not really respond.

Are the white/pale eyes an indication from sickness?
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Re: Healthy eyes?

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Hazy eyes can be a sign of bad water parameters, injury from scraping on something, or disease, yes. It is a good indicator to not buy that particular fish, IMO, unless it has been there for weeks and you've seen it eating. Then it could potentially just be scarring.

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