Pop Eye on Dwarf Gourami

[LadySarah]

One of my dwarf gouramis has pop eye on one of his eyes. I have been doing partial water changes every week and last week did a 50% water change. I just noticed his eye. He does not show signs of anything else like dropsy or ich. I am thinking that because he does not show signs of any other problem that it could be due to an injury. I did research for how to treat it but would like to get input from you all. I do not have a hospital tank. I have been wanting to get one set up but have not had much money lately. So the treatment will be on the whole tank. It is a ten gallon. The fish in the tank will not be too expensive to replace if needed. I believe that my dwarf gourami was the most expensive. I know that there are medications for treating bacterial problems. I found out on the internet that I want to look for Maracyn-Two or Kanamycin. I will be going to PetCo tomorrow to buy the treatment. I would welcome any tips or suggestions. Thanks.

 

[Velvet AciD]

I woke up this morning and found that my male D. Gourami is suffering from the same thing. What I'm doing at the moment is letting a bucket of treated water sit as to get all of the 'super saturated' gasses out of it, and then I lowered the temp on my heater. Hope this helps ya with your Gourami...

 

[LadySarah]

Well, I treated the pop eye that I posted above, which was his right eye. It went away and then two weeks later he got pop eye on the other one. I have been doing my partial water changes every week and changing the filter cartridge when I am supposed to. I have only had him a coupld of months, but each treatment is costing me more than what he cost me to begin with. I am hoping that it will go away this time. If it doesnt it than he has to have something seariously wrong with him. He is the fish that I have had the longest. When I got him though I did not know about a fishless cycle and he had been in the tank during the whole cycle. So i am thinking that it may be causing problems now.