Popeye from stress...

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Plecostomus
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I just picked up 4 small pikes today and a minute after I dropped them in my tank, one of them had one of his eye bulging out....not actually the eye ball but kind of like a big
lightly cloudy bubble around the entire eye...
I knew he was stressing out when I floated the bag in the tank....some of my other cichlids were trying to bite the bag....he was only in the bag for half an hour..
The pet store water and mine are the same temp and PH levels.....my water is very clean and all other fish are fine...
Can severe stress cause popeye? I now moved him into a 50gallon tank and he is eating and swimming around..
Will the eye get better on it's own???
Never had this happen before...any suggestions??
 
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