About a month ago I introduced a new fish to my display tank... It was a large, beautifully colored Pearlscale Butterfly fish..
I normally take 1-2 hrs. acclimating the fish buy leaving it in the bag container that we received from the store and slowly adding some of my display tank water while the bag is floating in my tank.
The second day I notice that one of his eyes seemed to be developing Popeye.. and sure enough the next day it was so bad that I was sure we were going to loose the fish.
It was absolutely the worst case of Popeye I have ever see with the eye protruding almost 3/8 of an inch and hanging down.. It was so nasty looking that the wife & kids wouldn't go near the tank as the sight made them feel sick.. I was nearly to the point of putting it down as I figured it would surely get worse and if there was some type of infection involved, I didn't want to contaminate the tank.
I decided to treat the tank with a product made by API called Melafix. This is an antibacterial made from the extract of Tea Trees. I only used 1/2 the recommended dose as to not create any major impact to the rest of my tank and system.
Long story short, within 2 days of the treatment I thought I noticed a change and saw the fish actually eat. I treated the tank again after 3 days and the eye definitely improved.. After the second treatment I just watch with amazement as the fish made a complete recovery within two week with no sign what so ever the initial problem.
Has anyone else ever seen results like this with a sever case of Popeye?? At this point I don't know if it was the treatment or if the illness just played it's self out.
blizz
I normally take 1-2 hrs. acclimating the fish buy leaving it in the bag container that we received from the store and slowly adding some of my display tank water while the bag is floating in my tank.
The second day I notice that one of his eyes seemed to be developing Popeye.. and sure enough the next day it was so bad that I was sure we were going to loose the fish.
It was absolutely the worst case of Popeye I have ever see with the eye protruding almost 3/8 of an inch and hanging down.. It was so nasty looking that the wife & kids wouldn't go near the tank as the sight made them feel sick.. I was nearly to the point of putting it down as I figured it would surely get worse and if there was some type of infection involved, I didn't want to contaminate the tank.
I decided to treat the tank with a product made by API called Melafix. This is an antibacterial made from the extract of Tea Trees. I only used 1/2 the recommended dose as to not create any major impact to the rest of my tank and system.
Long story short, within 2 days of the treatment I thought I noticed a change and saw the fish actually eat. I treated the tank again after 3 days and the eye definitely improved.. After the second treatment I just watch with amazement as the fish made a complete recovery within two week with no sign what so ever the initial problem.
Has anyone else ever seen results like this with a sever case of Popeye?? At this point I don't know if it was the treatment or if the illness just played it's self out.
blizz
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