pop-eye

[shockshockshad]

I am only posting this here because the "new topic" button in the dieseases forum wont work

1 of my female swordtails has pop-eye. She has been lethargic for the past few days. I cant move her to the hospital because last night, the main tank was at 71, so I turned it up, but now its at 82! Its too hot! So i turned the heater down, but what do I do with the swordtail?

[markbob]

Pop eye is a symptom, what other symptoms is your fish exhibiting? How does he eat, how is the coloration, does his abdomen appear to be swollen? You need to get him into a hospital tank now as it may be due to a viral infection that may affect your other tank unless quarentined.

[cocoa_pleco]

if its in one eye, it might be a fight wound, 2 eyes means poor water quality. keep the water clean, and add aquarium salt to keep the liquid pressure fluid buildup in the eye down

[shockshockshad]

should I put salt in both tanks? Or just the hospital? I told my mom that my fish is sick, and it has pop-eye. She got meds even though I didn't ask her to get them. Should I put them in? oh, and I got the fish in the tank.

Pop eye is a symptom, what other symptoms is your fish exhibiting? How does he eat, how is the coloration, does his abdomen appear to be swollen?

sHe ate yesterday, when she was a little lethargic (hiding, swimming slowly), but today she is only on the bottom, not swimming or eating. No problem in the abdomen.

[crackatinny]

I cured a molly of ours once that had popeye using salt baths, what we done was put 1 tbsp of aquarium salt in a bucket with 10 litres of water, then added the molly for a 15 min swim, after 3 consecutive days of doing this, the popeye was gone.

As mentioned, there usually is an unerlying problem though, bad water conditions or an injury are just 2.

[shockshockshad]

I can't really do a salt bath now, because the hospital already has salt in it. This is what I might do:

Salt AND meds in hospital
Only meds in main tank.
Put carbon on both tanks for a week when the popeye is gone on the swordtail.

Is that good?

[crackatinny]

Be carefull using meds in the tank with the cories in it, be sure to read ALL directions very carefully, with catfish it is normally recomended to halve the does.

[shockshockshad]

There are no cories in it right now. I wont get them for 2 weeks.


I put the meds in the hospital, AND the main tank because my male started looking lethargic. It says use it for 5 days, so I will do that in the hopsital, but how long should I do it in the main tank?

[shockshockshad]

Mrs. swordtail died! I just found her dead on the tank floor this morning. RIP little fishy!

[Squidman]

Sorry about the loss. RIP swordtail