Pop Eye
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by Kathy Olson
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999
To: erik/pulcher.thekrib.com
SO should we pull these fish and treat them.
Pop Eye Treatments
Pop eye is only a symptom of an internal bacterial infection and not a disease in itself. If your fish is still eating, I'd recommend feeding it a medicated (for bacterial infections) food.
Pop eye disease (exophthalmia)
A badly infected eye of a sub adult Fossorochromis rostratus which appeared to spread to other fish in the tank. Photo courtesy: Frank Panis.
Pop Eye
Infection from fighting, possibly a bacterial infection causing fluid to accumulate behind the eyes
Flesh decays at the mouth or tail.
Then we have such things as Pop Eye caused by gas behind the eye, Dropsy, which shows protruding scales, and Swim Bladder problems, all which show visible external signs.
Pop eye can also be caused by gas bubble disease as a result of oxygen super saturation (excess levels) of the water with the gas, nitrogen.
It is recommended for fin and tail rot, open red sores, open body wounds, eye cloud, pop eye, body slime and mouth fungus. Carbon filters should be removed during treatment and water changes should be done after the treatment.
Protruding scales and swollen body, causing a 'pinecone-like' appearance. Poor or not feeding. Sluggish. 'Pop eye' is also common.
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I feel that he is a male because his whole gill plate is loaded with metallic spots, not just the top half. He has been through a rough water change, pop eye, which he didn't totally recover from, but after a new filtration idea my water cleared up.
In the absence of disease, the most common cause is nitrate saturation of the water, usually at levels above 60 ppm. The more nitrate sensitive the fish is, the more likely it is to suffer pop eye under less than desireable conditions.
 See also: Fish, Water, Stress, Gill, Fungus
  
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