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I came home and was going to feed the fish and then i noticed one of my green tiger barbs has pop eyed.
It's the left eye and looks like it's little bit grey colour on it.
The other fish seems to be healthy.
Now what can i do for this poor guy
Robby

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Pop eye often comes from poor water quality...correct me if I'm wrong but arent these guys new to the tank?
What's your water quality readings...ammonia, nitrIte, nitrATe.
Anything that he could have bumped up against. Eyes are sometimes injured causing swelling as well.
Melafix cant hurt if you have it on hand, although I've yet to see it acutally cure serious illnesses.

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One other thing, when was the last time you changed the water? Did you use any dechlorinator?

I'd go ahead and do a 30% water change, it never does hurt, and often helps...

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I did water change last week.
And i belive that babel is right that he might got injured.
And yes it's new fish,4 days i had them in my tank(tiger barbs)
My test is:
Ammonia=0,0
PH=7,0-7,5
Nitrate=0,0
Nitrite=0,0
Iam doing water changes every 2 weeks and all the other fish seems to be healthy.
Thanks for the replies.
I will keep an eye on that tiger barb and see if it gets worse.
Robby

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

If you suspect injury then melafix (if you have access) and extra water changes may help prevent infection.
Good luck .

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I had a cory that smashed into the tank when I moved them from my 75 to my 25, and he had severly popped eyes, both of them. I worried he would lose both his eyes.
I treated only with melafix for 3 days, and the eyes returned to normal slowly.
The poor guy seems to be blind now (has keyhole pupils), but otherwise is happy and healthy!
Try melafix first. Keep in mind the fish may lose its eye, or vision in the affected eye after eye returns to normal. The fish can live a normal life without an eye, or blind.
Good luck robby!


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A fish of mine had pop eye

The book said "...immediate water change..."

I did, and cleaned all filters - it worked - over night he was cured

Regards

dave s