i have good and bad news! help! pop eye!

[preggoguppo]

i think this is day 3 of my pink tailed tetras pop eye*SICK* , it looks the worse today, i have been treating it with "Quick Cure" but it hasnt made a diffrence, i read that "pop eye" is not fatal and that it will go away on its own, i bought the fish 5 days ago, and tonite was the first time he ate since i got him!*thumbsups so now i have hope! whats your experience with "pop eye" and what did you use to treat it (if you did) THANKS!*thumbsups

 

[preggoguppo]

anyone????

 

[Lotus]

Are both of his eyes bulging?

As long as he doesn't also have dropsy, it's unlikely to be fatal.

You should treat with a broad-spectrum antibiotic, which is more likely to help than Quick Cure.

 

[Ariaanna]

Popeye is often related to water quality and stress, so doing more (larger) water changes, keeping the water a good temperature, and making sure the fish has a place to hide helps.

I've also heard that darkness helps calm fish down, but I don't know if there's any truth in that.

 

[Acqua]

Pop eye

I actually had one of my Gold Star Tetra (Pink fish) die while I was treating him for Pop eye. He was doing fairly well, but the Petsmart Customer rep told me that Pop eye could be a bacterial infection. So I put the Tetra in my 5 Gal Quarantine tank and treated him with small doses of Melafix. he got pretty well after about 3 weeks of treatment. But when I put him back into the main tank he died within 6 hours.

The water change might have been too hard on him.

 

[kadoe]

I believe Maracyn or Maracyn Two will aide in Pop-eye - but read the package to make sure!