Powder Blue has Pop Eye

[Bmezz]

My Powder Blue who has done very well after a rough start out of a stressed quarantine and then stressed entry to the DT until the clown tang was removed has a pop eye. Not as bad as a gold fish haha. But bad.
He eats great brine and seaweed. Very active. No negative behavior. Not a loaded 180 to stress him only other tang and a yellow and they get along fine.
I have read this can be stress related.
We make sure he has seaweed often.

Anyone else see this or treat this?
I don't want to quarentine him I think it will stress him for sure pictures later sorry

 

[dbl]

I moved this over to the disease forum for better response.

 

[Brett newell]

When my purple tang got pop eye from antaginoizing the 2 Angels til they fought back, I dipped him in paragaurd twice. I kept him in main tank just in a breeder net for easy catching.

 

[Bmezz]

When my purple tang got pop eye from antaginoizing the 2 Angels til they fought back, I dipped him in paragaurd twice. I kept him in main tank just in a breeder net for easy catching.

Did that fix the eye?

 

[HB AL]

How long since the stresser was removed? It should be back to normal in a week or so if all conditions are good. It's not gonna go away overnight.

 

[Bmezz]

Been long enough well over one month...he just does not show signs of stress eats well and acts normal

 

[Brett newell]

Yes, the swelling went down after the second dip. Cloudy and redness went away around 7 to 10 days. I don't remember exactly.

 

[Bmezz]

Yes, the swelling went down after the second dip. Cloudy and redness went away around 7 to 10 days. I don't remember exactly.

Hmmm. Good stuff thanks. Maybe a local infection or something

 

[hatfielj]

In my experience, popeye usually resolves on its own without any intervention. My achilles had it for about a week once, then it went away completely and stayed away (I did nothing). My hippo tang recently had it and it also went away too. I think it's from scraping it on something by accident (a piece of coral perhaps)

 

[Bmezz]

In my experience, popeye usually resolves on its own without any intervention. My achilles had it for about a week once, then it went away completely and stayed away (I did nothing). My hippo tang recently had it and it also went away too. I think it's from scraping it on something by accident (a piece of coral perhaps)

Good to hear that. It's been a few weeks that's why I'm concerned. But happy to wait it out vs trauma of catching and dipping. I think being patient may be best for awhile

 

[Bmezz]

I started this thread in April. My happy eating powder blue still has a pop eye. All else normal. Eats great. Afraid to stress him by dipping as these guys stress so easy... but this eye not getting better on its own...