A few weeks back, Hayden's eyes got all greyed over like he was going to shed and he dulled down a bit. However, his eyes cleared up within a few days and nothing shed-like happened after that.

I've just had him out and there were little white .. things crawling about on him. I'm thinking they're mites. Could they be responsible for the cloudy eyes and such?

Also, is there a way to rid him of mites without a pest strip? I really don't like the idea of using one..

His tank is going to be cleaned today or tomorrow sometime, and I'm thinking of switching substrates. [Coconut bark to newspaper] Could switching substrates help in the future "not-having" of mites?