Corris Wrasse Popeye?

[Cole_Voeller]

I’ve had this guy here for a few weeks. Didn’t see him at all yesterday, saw him today and now he has an incredibly swollen eye. What treatment options do I have for him, and is this contagious?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Generally this shouldn’t be contagious - it typically occurs as a result of injury to the eye that became infected.
Treating with erythromycin or kanamycin in a qt is a good treatment.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’ve had this guy here for a few weeks. Didn’t see him at all yesterday, saw him today and now he has an incredibly swollen eye. What treatment options do I have for him, and is this contagious?

The core does not look milky and appears to result from an injury. Treatment will be maracyn AKA maracyn 1 which is ethromyacin for 5 days - Not Maracyn oxy in a separate quarantine tank. Assure the sand is not coarse which can cause injury. Fine sand is best for this fish

 

[Cole_Voeller]

The core does not look milky and appears to result from an injury. Treatment will be maracyn AKA maracyn 1 which is ethromyacin for 5 days - Not Maracyn oxy in a separate quarantine tank. Assure the sand is not coarse which can cause injury. Fine sand is best for this fish

Im seeing mixed results and discontinued products when I look online for it. Is there a certain brand/site you'd recommend me buy/buy from?

 

[Cole_Voeller]

Generally this shouldn’t be contagious - it typically occurs as a result of injury to the eye that became infected.
Treating with erythromycin or kanamycin in a qt is a good treatment.

Is Kanaplex the same thing?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Is Kanaplex the same thing?

No although it would work but take longer

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[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I agree, likely physical damage. It isn’t too bad. It may well heal on its own, but can take a month to clear all symptoms. If it gets worse, you’d want to medicate of course.
Jay

 

[Badboyan93l]

If it’s eating leave em alone! Focus on something else to forget about it

 

[Sharkbait19]

Kanaplex is kanamycin.
Maracyn is (I believe) erythromycin.

 

[Cole_Voeller]

No although it would work but take longer

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Cool, thank you. Any chance I can use this in tank? Or do I need to catch him? I dont want to make him any worse by him hurting himself while trying to escape.

 

[vetteguy53081]

No although it would work but take longer

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Cool, thank you. Any chance I can use this in tank? Or do I need to catch him? I dont want to make him any worse by him hurting himself while trying to escape.

Quarantine

 

[Cole_Voeller]

Quarantine

You got it

 

[Cole_Voeller]

Quarantine

Maracyn arrives tomorrow, Petco is still doing tank sale so I’m gonna grab a brand new 10g to quarantine in. Should I do the treatment of adding a packet in every day for 5 days? And should I keep him in QT after the 5 days are up, or leave him in until his eye has recovered? Lastly, with the medication, how fast do you think he should be able to recover?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Maracyn arrives tomorrow, Petco is still doing tank sale so I’m gonna grab a brand new 10g to quarantine in. Should I do the treatment of adding a packet in every day for 5 days? And should I keep him in QT after the 5 days are up, or leave him in until his eye has recovered? Lastly, with the medication, how fast do you think he should be able to recover?

When eye is clear- can go back to display tank- acclimate it to display
Follow package for application of Maracyn

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Maracyn arrives tomorrow, Petco is still doing tank sale so I’m gonna grab a brand new 10g to quarantine in. Should I do the treatment of adding a packet in every day for 5 days? And should I keep him in QT after the 5 days are up, or leave him in until his eye has recovered? Lastly, with the medication, how fast do you think he should be able to recover?

Be sure to rig up some sort of bio filter for the new quarantine tank. You may have filter media or live rock you can use from the display, or you may need to buy bottled bacteria, either way, you need to monitor and control the ammonia in the new tank.

Jay

 

[Cole_Voeller]

Be sure to rig up some sort of bio filter for the new quarantine tank. You may have filter media or live rock you can use from the display, or you may need to buy bottled bacteria, either way, you need to monitor and control the ammonia in the new tank.

Jay

Yep, plan on it. I don’t use a filter when doing tank transfer quarantine, but anything past that three day mark I absolutely plan on filtration.