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hi guys,what is popeye,i ask because i think my blue acara has got it,in 1 eye, her left,i havent done any tests yet,cause im on my way 2 work,ill do all my tests when i get home,the tank is 55 gal,and i only done all my tests like 4 days ago and evrything was normall,she is spawning with my gt again and i have a divider in there so they dont tear each other apart,she has been charging at the divider when any other fish come to close.could she have bashed her eye this way,and today its like boom her eye is clouded and swollen,she still had something to eat,but she is losing intrest in looking after her fry i even had to put the gt on the other side of the divider cause she wont shoo him away,when he gets a bit to agro,could anyone help me with this,ive never really had to deal with disease except for htth,so i really dont know much about this subject

Hi it sounds like pop eye and if you don't get it now she you could lose her. I used tetracycline tablets I hope you have a sick tank. You need to use it for 5 days and there will be a foam on the water read the box well but it does work.
hope I helped
and good luck

edith

Here is a good link that certainly will help you with a lot of problems.
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thanx guys i done all my tests and they are all fine and i have some treatment in my tank now as i only started it yesterday she still looks the same,and the link that keith gave me,GREAT, THATS GOOD INFO,easy to read and understand,and the best thing it says how they cotract it,i think with my female bluey,it could be her lighting and lacking in vitiman a,shes a bit fussy when it comes to her food,anyway thanx again guys ill let yous no how she goes

Good I hope the trement help's it. I no when my swortail got popeye I used the tetracycle and did grate. She is back in with the tank and very happy. And that was a good link thank you keithgh I put it in my files for next time

edith

Glad I cohld have helped it is very good to know that the info given can be helpfull.

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well guys great news,today is day 3 of treatment and i think its working,the swelling has gone down a bit ,and the cloudyness has gone a bit aswell,and she seems to be getting back 2 her normall self,ive herd that its better to treat the food for the fish,if they are still eating,is there any meds for this(popeye)that you can treat the food instead of the water?

i think shes on the mend,today she looks even better the cloudyness has just about gone and shes her normal greddy self at feeding time again,and the its still a bit swollen a bit but nearlly normal,thanx again for the info

In my experience, Pop Eye can be a source of much annoyance, because you cannot tell in advance if the bacteria responsible for it are going to be resistant to your choice of meds.

Unfortunately I had a case of Pop Eye in one of my Pandas a while back that was resistant to my standard treatment - Myxazin. So I had to go out and buy some Melafix. Melafix did the trick though - NUEKD the Pop Eye and the fish was back to normal in around 5 days.

Melafix is great, but has just one teensy weensy disadvantage from my standpoint ... it's rather strong smelling. Plus, if you add it to an aquarium with a powerhead going at a decent rate of knots, you find yourself staring back at something that looks like soap suds for the first 5 minutes or so after application. Other than that, definitely going to be a staple of my fish med cabinet from now on.

Right now I just wish someone would come up with something that's equally effective at dealing with this stinking head cold I've picked up ...


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ive always used melifix,but at half the dose rate,ive found it knocks them around a bit if i use the propper dose rate,but i didnt know that u could treat popeye with melifix.cool now i know.

great news i think the popeye is just about goneher eye is still a tiny bit swollenbut i can see a big change in her todayshes just about back to her self,im still not 100% sure how she got it(popeye),but in the info link that keith provided(great info)it says that it can be caused from ruff handeling,as she was spawning with my gt when she got this,i have a divider in there, do yous think she could have bashed her eye while shooing the other fish away,i did she her sevrall times,just charge at the divider,only to be stopped by slamming into it,does this sound like it could have been the colprit

I was told by 2 pet store's that pop eye is just somthing that happen's you might have 20 fish for 20 years and never see it then just boom there is is

edith

mmmmm,i hate not knowing for sure,

does anyone no how long b4 popeye goes away,it seems like today, she was the same as yesterdayits like she healed up to a point then stopped,ive done a small water change and redosed the tank with the medsthe poor girl i hate it when my fish get sick

Yes I no how you feel. What med's are you useing it should say on the box how long. With mine I used tetracycle tablets for 5 days every day then changed parshul water change and left her in with out for 5 day's then if I had to repet for another 5 days. But I didn't have to it cleared up on the first week of meds

edith

well im using methylene blue,this is what my guys at my lfs store said to use,at first it seemed to be doing great,but its like its not working 100% now,do you think i should do a 25% water change then switch to multi cure,as that has, methylene blue,& malachite green and lacriflavine in it,i dont really like using these type of meds as they trash your bio filterbut what can you do?