Damselfish has Popeye

[vaguelyreeflike]

One of our blue damsels at work has popeye. I treated with a drop of Lugol’s iodine directly onto the affected eye to help infection, it looks a bit better two days later. Just wondering what else I can use?
im in canada so cant get my hands on maracyn or erythromycin unless chemiclean will work.
She’s in the copper system at therapeutic levels.
Im thinking it was an injury as it happened the same day we added a coral beauty, carpenter wrasse and hippo tang to the tank but didnt see signs of bullying

 

[threebuoys]

If only one eye, likely an injury. Perhaps when you weren't looking.

I would keep under observation. If an infection doesn't come, it will likely heal naturally.

If an infection occurs you will need an antibiotic like maracyn.

 

[vetteguy53081]

One of our blue damsels at work has popeye. I treated with a drop of Lugol’s iodine directly onto the affected eye to help infection, it looks a bit better two days later. Just wondering what else I can use?
im in canada so cant get my hands on maracyn or erythromycin unless chemiclean will work.
She’s in the copper system at therapeutic levels.
Im thinking it was an injury as it happened the same day we added a coral beauty, carpenter wrasse and hippo tang to the tank but didnt see signs of bullying

This may have stemmed from an injury but I am concerned about the possibility of cateracts. You can treat in a seperate tank with Maracyn also referred to as maracyn 1 which is ethromyacin for 5 days. This generally always work but in this case may be a gamble.

 

[vaguelyreeflike]

This may have stemmed from an injury but I am concerned about the possibility of cateracts. You can treat in a seperate tank with Maracyn also referred to as maracyn 1 which is ethromyacin for 5 days. This generally always work but in this case may be a gamble.

As mentioned in the post, im unfortunately in canada and cant acquire maracyn/erythromycin or most medications for that matter lol. So hopefully it doesn’t come down to needing antibiotics. Worst case scenario we could use chemiclean