One of my armatus has an eye problem where it looks like it has a gas bubble or liquid inside it's lens. Sometimes it is just a small bubble and sometimes the bubble will be half the eye. The eye is crystal clear and shows no injury or swelling. It has been like this for a couple months and just won't go away. Any one out there have any prognosis or cure? Thanks for any help.
Armatus eye problem.
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I saw that on some of my old Armatus. Don't know exactly how it happened, just assumed he got it from fighting with other Armatus or bump into driftwood. Eventually, the "bubble" disappears, but it leaves a white spot in the eye pupil (fish is not blind, though) Just keep your water clean for now...tman;4290806; said:
tman;4290806; said:
Sounds like Pop-eye. My Armatus just got well last week from this. Do a 25% to 50% water change. Put aquarium salt & increase the heater temp up to 85 degrees. Melafix can also help. Just follow the instructions and do regular water changes. It took my Armatus 1 week to recover but the damage to his left eye is very visible. Good Luck!
Hard to believe any fishs' eye isn't blind after pop-eye, its cause and effect, your diagnose was probably wrong. As for Treatment - Payaras don't do well with meds of any type - salt, tree tea oil, or chemical - good clean water is generally all that is needed and can be savely done. Payara are notorious glass bangers more than likely he keeps banging it. If it is cloudy eye ie - white spot on the pupil that grows the treatment is the same - pristine water parameters. It's best to figure out what is causing a poor water condition and fix it - ie, overstocked, too much leftover foods, stress, etc... than have that disease esscalate to Pop-eye.
Here is a pic! The eye isn't swollen or cloudy. I know what popeye looks like and this is not popeye. It has been like this for a couple months and it sometimes has less air in the eye and somtimes more. I wonder if it is a form of the Gas bubble disease. Any suggestions now after everyone has seen a pic.
Water change then heavy salt. Will clear up in a week. Looks bad when it happens,but dont seem to bother them much.
My armatus have had fights which lead to injured eyes, but they heal rather quickly. I've never seen anything like this before. With my experience, armatus can cope with small amounts of salt, so you could give that a try, maybe 0.5ppt. Can you recall how it started?
It started with an eye injury and it turned white on the outside. I treated it with melafix and primafix. It healed up and then a couple weeks later it look like air or liquid was getting into the eye making it look like an air pocket inside the eye. The eye has never swollen up through all of this like popeye would but it just keeps getting this air pocket in the eye. Sometimes it's small and sometimes it get's bigger but doesn't seem to go away and the eye never swells up but stays its normal shape.. I am already treating with salt and that's about it as I have rays in the tank. Can't think what else it would be. If the entire eye fills up with air I think his eye will be done and it will go blind so that's why I want to try to cure it.mshuangchao;4294080; said:
I've had 3 for about 5 months and one has had a white pupil since i got them. dont seem to bother him. he eats good and gets around fine.It hasnt changed at all.