Help is this popeye or an injury? What to do?

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I posted a thread the other day where my GT rammed the filter trying to get a worm and cut his head. I just got home from work and his eye seems to be bulging out with some skin hanging off. Is this pop eye or an injury that he sustained from hitting the filter? How do I treat this?



 
Thanks guys I'm gonna rescape the tank a bit once he heals up. There's a narrow passage behind one of my driftwood pieces that he loves speeding through when he thinks I'm about to feed him. I'll bet my bottom dollar that he just caught his eye on the wood cruising through there. The lights are off when I leave for work but it did look a bit better than last night. Because he still has the gash on his head I did about a half dose of melafix just to help him build up his slime coat a bit. Still can't decide if I think that stuff does anything but make the water smell good.
 
eye looks normal to me

See the white piece of flesh hanging off? If you saw the other side at the same time the swelling was quite noticeable. I ended up giving melafix a try and while the evidence is purely antidotal, both the eye and head injury have healed amazingly fast. The eye looks nearly normal today.
 
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