Swollen eye

[jkidd155]

Was having problems with parasite on my tang now he?s gone noticed my pj cardinal with a swollen eye what can I do to treat it I can?t catch him 2 much Rock n corals is there anything reef safe will a uv help

 

[afernandez]

Most likely it?s Popeye, many things can cause it .
Stress, water quality , bacterial .

 

[Reefinny]

kanaplex in its food. Worked for my Bellus a few years back.

 

[jkidd155]

is kanaplex reef safe? can i use prazipro a friend gave some to me

 

[Reefinny]

Yes I have used it with no issues. Use as directed.

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[jkidd155]

ok thnks

 

[piranhapat]

You can just do water changes and keep your water clean. Melafix is reef safe and will help. Actually Melafix is used to kill pest on coral.

 

[Geraud]

I am bumping this up to ask: did you find something that worked? I have a swissguard basslet with a bad case of popeye, and I do not want risk netting it for fear of actually puncturing it, so I am looking for a solution that I can use safely in my display tank.

 

[jkidd155]

He died

 

[Geraud]

He died

Sorry about that. I just got some Kanaplex, I will post the outcome here...

 

[jkidd155]

K

 

[homegrowncichlid]

I've had pop eye in my tank, many times with different fish and more often than not, the heal over themselves. of the many fish that had it, I really can't remember the last one that died from it. On my rabbitfish now, it healed a few months ago, though the skin grew over the eye and it really can't see very well out of it.

 

[reefman]

Try epsom salt unless bacterial infection

 

[Geraud]

Here is my take on it after several months: I kept the treatment up for about a month, then stopped: the eye did come down in size, but never went back to normal. As I do not want to medicate forever I just decided to stop it.

The fish is behaving normally, eating normally so... no reason to add anything to the tank in this case in my opinion.