Borbonious Anthia with Pop Eye, likely injury

[ti_lavender]

I have 2 borbonious anthias in QT and have been since January 4th. They went through methyl blue bath, formalin baths (initial and then every few weeks when I changed water), copper at 2.3 ppm w/ hanna for 30 days. They are eating well on TDO pellets but one has developed a bulging eye. From my research it seems it is injury based. I used a plastic decoration to give hiding spots. Upon further inspection the decoration has some sharp edges. They like to dart in it so it's very likely an injury. Here's a picture. My question is that eye injuries seem to take forever to heal. I don't want to keep them in QT any longer. Any concerns of putting them in the main tank? I feed a lot more and better variety in the DT. I got rid of my most aggressive fish (female clown) so the DT is relatively peaceful. I recently added a tiny multibar angel that no one has messed with, except from the female clown when she was still present.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

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[vetteguy53081]

I have 2 borbonious anthias in QT and have been since January 4th. They went through methyl blue bath, formalin baths (initial and then every few weeks when I changed water), copper at 2.3 ppm w/ hanna for 30 days. They are eating well on TDO pellets but one has developed a bulging eye. From my research it seems it is injury based. I used a plastic decoration to give hiding spots. Upon further inspection the decoration has some sharp edges. They like to dart in it so it's very likely an injury. Here's a picture. My question is that eye injuries seem to take forever to heal. I don't want to keep them in QT any longer. Any concerns of putting them in the main tank? I feed a lot more and better variety in the DT. I got rid of my most aggressive fish (female clown) so the DT is relatively peaceful. I recently added a tiny multibar angel that no one has messed with, except from the female clown when she was still present.

Eye injury it is
Treat in separate tank with Maracyn, not oxy for at least 5 days and increase aeration during treatment

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I think you could move it to the DT, but be aware that eye damage like this is very commonly caused when capturing and moving fish - so there is a risk for further injury.

 

[ti_lavender]

Eye injury it is
Treat in separate tank with Maracyn, not oxy for at least 5 days and increase aeration during treatment

Thanks, I’ve ordered Maracyn and will see how treatment goes.

 

[ti_lavender]

I think you could move it to the DT, but be aware that eye damage like this is very commonly caused when capturing and moving fish - so there is a risk for further injury.

I’m going to try @vetteguy53081 advice with Maracyn. If I don’t see improvement I’ll carefully move to DT.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I’m going to try @vetteguy53081 advice with Maracyn. If I don’t see improvement I’ll carefully move to DT.

Just be aware that the mechanical component of this takes time to heal - perhaps a month or more. Sometimes, the damage is too severe and the fish loses an eye. I don’t see signs of a bacterial infection, so the Maracyn would be more of a preventative thing at this point.