Bubble eye on fish

[Albeez]

What's the disease called when a fish has an eye that looks like it's bubbling ?? How to cute??

 

[Worldwide reefs]

Pop eye most likely, treat with an anti-bacterial food. Hope for best, sometimes fish doesn't recover, sometimes the fish is left with an eye that deflates or is left with the bubble. Usual other treatments are metradonizole and or kanamycin.

 

[Mike J.]

Here's a link for you to read about popeye/cloudy eye. Popeye In Saltwater Fish: Identification, Causes & Treatments

 

[Albeez]

This is what it looks like now, not sure what is going on. His stomach on one side looks like it has bubbles too

 

[Albeez]

Hopefully these pics are better

 

[miyags]

that does not look like pop eye,looks like a parasite or infection? with those bumps on side

 

[DeepSeaIllusions]

It's hard to see what it exactly is. I would try to get it out of the aquarium and to put it in a QT. Lower the oxygen level in the QT and copper dose the QT. Copper will kill most parasites or bacteria and if it is pop eye then it could be because of the pressure within the water. To much oxygen.

 

[Albeez]

Is their risk that it'll infect the other fish? Unfortunately I don't have a qt and I'm leaving for Atlanta for 5 days.

 

[Albeez]

Beuller?

 

[rako1]

If it is clear he probably just scratched it and will heal on its own, if it is cloudy it is a infection of some sort

 

[joekool]

Is the fish still eating. IF so QT and feed antibacterial food and treat water.

Buy a 10 gallon tank or five gallon with a heater and some air bubbles. Use that as Qt tank. Treat with copper or melafix marine. Follow the directions on bottle. Get your water exactly like the water in your tank. temp ph sg etc. you could even do a water change and put that water in the qt tank and then keep it at the same temp as main tank. You can get it setup for $30 or less tank heater air stone. small air stone. You can get it at walmart if you have to. Just get the treatment at a LFS

 

[Albeez]

He's eating - however I'm going out of town for 5 days and have no time to set up a QT. Is their risk he'll infect the other fish??

 

[Albeez]

Beuller

 

[miyags]

If your water test's fine and he's eating good he should be OK till you get back.

 

[Albeez]

I wanted to update everyone - it appears that the guy that scooped him at the lfs must have wacked him or something in the eye as it looks like his eye is no longer there, as if it fell out and is now just a black spot. However, he looks super healthy besides that, swimming around the whole tank, eating, etc. I now have a one-eyed wrasse