whats the best way to treat popeye.a couple of fish had sores due to poor water conditions.treating with pimafix and mela-fix,sores are healing but now a couple of other fish have popeye.
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The best thing to treat with popeye IMO is oxytetracycline. Also known as Bifuran. It's a yellow powder.
You can but it in a bag at Tractor Supply in the cattle medication section.
Put it in the water, and cover your food in it.
I've treated koi, frontosa, cichlids etc all with this.
Pima/Mela fix are junk. Don't even bother with it. It's all a gimmick. Some people swear by it, but I can tell you that I have NEVER seen anything good come out of it.
Get your water quality up there too.
What's the parameters? The gallonage? The stock?
You can but it in a bag at Tractor Supply in the cattle medication section.
Put it in the water, and cover your food in it.
I've treated koi, frontosa, cichlids etc all with this.
Pima/Mela fix are junk. Don't even bother with it. It's all a gimmick. Some people swear by it, but I can tell you that I have NEVER seen anything good come out of it.
Get your water quality up there too.
What's the parameters? The gallonage? The stock?
I have a black skirt tetra that has it right now. Its left eye is completely bulging out. I am using cipro for two days now. I think he is going to kick the bucket anyway but I am still trying to fix hiim. I separated hi to a "hospital" tank.
Popeye is attributed to poor water quality, so separating him will do nothing. You need to treat the entire tank. It's caused by bacteria that gets inside the fish.
BTW, I placed a UV sterilizer in the tank. The water is looking better. It was getting cloudy (green).
60 gal. Just one fish. three days of cipro. he is moving around more and I think he is eating but the eye still is "popped" out
All this for a black skirt tetra? I honestly would have flushed it. Smaller fish are normally too far gone from the start to fix.