Popeye on Red texas

[Ihsnshaik]

So I had pop eye randomly overnight like a HUGE BULB like looks so infected and literally 10 times bigger on my female texas. I am assuming she either got it from trauma from my driftwood or another fish hurt it since she been antsy to breed with a few males.

Its affecting one eye only and everyone in the tank is doing great minus her. She went from eating great and acting fine to bam overnight with this huge popeye.

I took her out when I got back from work and added some nitro to the eye as well as meth blue straight to the eye. I did add some epsom salt as well.

The tank has epsom salt, nitrofurazone, furazolidone which is for the fungus and such. I did some research and I don't mind if she loses her eye just want her to be healthy.


What is the ultimate best medication for this. Hospital tank is a 29 gallon with tons of aeration and over filtration. I did a huge 90 percent water change on it before adding meds. She is currently acting fine but stopped eating.

 

[Ihsnshaik]

Couldn't get a better pics meds made water turn green yellow but this is how she is.

 

[isde02]

Aquanero

 

[isde02]

RD.

 

[Ihsnshaik]

b

 

[isde02]

Bump!!!

 

[isde02]

Re Aquanero, post: Pop eye is a symptom of an underlying bacterial infection. I've had luck in the past with Tetracycline. It will damage your bio filteration so it's best to treat in a QT tank. Plenty of clean water (water changes and treat as directed) treated with the meds should clear it up. I've seen fish loose vision and in some sever cases the eye. Epsome salt also heps releave the fluid build up behind the eye. If done as a bath seperate form the antibiotic in the hospital tank. This is all very stressfull on the fish so you might want to start with one or the other as opposed to slamming it all at once. Post a pic if you can. GL

 

[isde02]

Re notho2000, post: I have treated popeye several times before .... most of the time successfully. I presently have a Rotkeil Severum male that, out of the blue, developed the popeye condition in both eyes. If one eye pops, it has been said that it could be injury-caused, with both eyes, bacterial infection most likely. My treatment uses two medications, kamamycin (kanaplex) to combat any bacterial infection (gram negative, most likely) and metronidazole to treat any spironucleus present. I quarantined the fish in a 10G aquarium, with quite heavy aeration (air stone, no filtration) and have added two TBSP of Epsom salts per the 10G to draw excess fluids from the fish. After about 5 days, the swelling has significantly reduced in both eyes and some puss and fluids are being released from around the edge of the eyes. I have started feeding small amounts of food which he is taking readily. Now, keep in mind that this is what I've done with reasonably good success. It may or may not work for you. Popeye can be tricky. I have added medications every second day, according to the instructions on the containers and after a roughly 30% water change. Hope you are able to save your FH.

 

[FreshyFresh]

Ace, what are the nitrates at in this tank? Any new additions just before this happened?

 

[Ihsnshaik]

Ace, what are the nitrates at in this tank? Any new additions just before this happened?

She is a new edition...got her from a guy and she had ich when I got her. Treated her and she was fine and then a month later popeye. Every single fish I have are fine. I do weekly water changes of 70-90 percent and nitrates are spot on.