Naso Tang - pop eye

beachsidereefer · Jun 20, 2014

Hi Folks, my beloved Naso Tang has one eye popped out. I can't see any damage to the eye itself, lense looks good and it appears that he can see as he's not running into the rock work or tank, it's just bulging out of his head. I did a search on the forum and it looks like the consensus is if water quality is good then just leave the fish alone and don't use any medicines to treat it.

So this post is just to check to see if the best course of action is not do anything or if there's newer information regarding treatment that I may not be aware of.

Thanks

Reefing Madness · Jun 20, 2014

Yup, just leave him be. As long as your water is ok, it will take care of itself.

beachsidereefer · Jun 20, 2014

Thanks, I ran two sets of test today to make sure the water is good and it seems to be excellent. Ammonia, Nitrates and Phosphates are undetectable and ALK, CA and MG are within their normal range.

I'm going to keep my fingers crossed he recovers, he's the coolest fish in the tank and would hate to lose him

beachsidereefer · Jun 25, 2014

update, the eye is looking much better! it's almost completely popped back in his head so I think by next week he'll be back to normal.

Thanks for the sound advice to do nothing vs. the natural thought process of my LFS to start treating with lots of chemical$$$ to try and solve the problem immediately.

NanaReefer · Jun 25, 2014

You can safely help him a little by soaking his food in some Selcon

Works wonders!

Reefing Madness · Jun 25, 2014

beachsidereefer said:
update, the eye is looking much better! it's almost completely popped back in his head so I think by next week he'll be back to normal.

Thanks for the sound advice to do nothing vs. the natural thought process of my LFS to start treating with lots of chemical$$$ to try and solve the problem immediately.