Help: Yellow Wrasse Bulging Eye

[ShaggyRS6]

Hey guys, My wife just texted me . By Yellow Wrasse was hiding for the last couple days, it’s out today but has a swollen eye.

I have asked her to mix up some food as I want to see if he eats.Do I need to panic ?

she said it’s a pretty big bulge. He came out for 5 mins then buried himself before she could offer any food.

 

[KJ]

Look like this?

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Look like this?

I’ve not see it personally but my wife said it looked the size of my Kole Tangs eye, so grey or anything just swollen or raised.

 

[ShaggyRS6]

I will say that a couple of days ago the wrasse and my tang were not happy with each other. First time that has happened , I’m wondering if he took a swipe from the scalpel!

 

[KJ]

I will say that a couple of days ago the wrasse and my tang were not happy with each other. First time that has happened , I’m wondering if he took a swipe from the scalpel!

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/wrasse-popeye.663692/post-6710549

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Thanks !

 

[Sold4jc7]

I had a wrasse with popeye and it cleared up on it's own. I feed the tank well and left the fish alone.

 

[ShaggyRS6]

K. Good to hear. He has only been coming out of the sand for very short periods . I’m gonna stock the tank with pods tonight so that even if he comes out at night and I miss him, he will have food.

 

[ShaggyRS6]

So The wife spotted him , He had been missing for 5 days . He was laying in the sand, not moving he then tried to bury himself but was not successful. She got a look at the eye the swelling seemed to have gone down but it’s clouded over. The other eye is good.

I can’t actually get to him, I don’t think this little guy is gonna make it

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Well I got him out the tank tonight :( so that’s 2 fish down this evening. What a bad day :(

 

[pcon]

Did you have the yellow wrasse in the same tank as the mystery?

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Did you have the yellow wrasse in the same tank as the mystery?

Yeah but he was sick way before the mystery came.