A buddy of mine asked me if I could take in his Dovii about 4 inches until he upgraded to a larger tank. Before he brought it here he was saying something about it's eye being white. Now, I have it here in a quarantine tank it's eye is almost completely white and slightly bulging. I will try to get a pic of it here in a few.
Dovii eye infection (?)
- Thread starter Blue Bear
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without a pic it is almost impossible to tell for sure. Sounds like maybe popeye, but yes pics would help.
Apparently not. The Dovii's eye is 99% clear now. Barely has a white-ish tint. I let him chill out, no lights on, fed him a few pellets, pristine water.
coulda got a tooth or a fin-spine rubbed across it or anything that could irritate it, take a few days, but fish heal fast, very resilient critters. generally for that type of stuff Melafix or Pimafix is what would normally be used....if it's pop-eye, not sure what to use but I think it's caused by a bacteria, not a fungus or parasite
there's a theory....if it was poor water quality, breeds bacteria....could just be some random infection nothing related to anything WE think it could be. broad-spectrum antibiotics cover infections in general lol just like allergy - treat the same for Black Widow bite as hives from eating fish/fish allergy - steroids and antihistamines, Dr. gonna prescribe exact same thing for both