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Posted by Sharique on January 24, 2008, 6:19 am
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I am having a 15 cm sized Texas cichlid. I was having him with other
cichlids (2 Red Parrot, 1 Green Terror) in a 90 gallon tank.
Yesterday, I saw that the Texas was having Pop Eye on both his eyes.
And one eye seemed to be popped very much. The fish was usually
active, but now it has become inactive, and was always hiding at the
back portion of the tank.
Also I saw other fishes (basically 6 Tiger barbs, which i am using as
dither fishes as Red Parrots and Texas fights frequently, though no
major injury were seen since 2 years) biting his fins and disturbing
him. So, currently I have moved the Texas to a small 15 Gallon tank.
And currently I have just added Mr. Yellow to the water in the tank.
The fish is very inactive and usually sits at one side of the tank.
Please suggest me some treatment for the pop eye in the texas.
Thanks in advance.
Sharique
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Posted by Steve Wolstenholme on January 24, 2008, 7:04 am
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:19:36 -0800 (PST), Sharique
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>Please suggest me some treatment for the pop eye in the texas.
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It sounds like it is a more general problem but we have no way to know
what it is. We can only address the swollen eyes symptom and it is not
easy. If it is already in a clean established tank with no other fish
and it is not getting any better you need to release the swelling in
its eyes. The only way to do that is to push a very fine hypodermic
needle into the side of the eye. If its not too late that will "cure"
the symptom.
Steve
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Posted by Sharique on January 24, 2008, 7:29 am
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> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:19:36 -0800 (PST), Sharique
>
>
> >Please suggest me some treatment for the pop eye in the texas.
>
> It sounds like it is a more general problem but we have no way to know
> what it is. We can only address the swollen eyes symptom and it is not
> easy. If it is already in a clean established tank with no other fish
> and it is not getting any better you need to release the swelling in
> its eyes. The only way to do that is to push a very fine hypodermic
> needle into the side of the eye. If its not too late that will "cure"
> the symptom.
>
> Steve
Hi Steve,
Thanks for your suggestion.
I observed the pop eye yesterday, and i moved the Texas to a seperate
tank immediately.
Still I don't see any improvement in his condition, looks like the eye
has swollen more since yesterday.
Can you suggest some medication which I can do on him.
Thanks
Sharique
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Posted by Steve Wolstenholme on January 24, 2008, 8:02 am
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:29:12 -0800 (PST), Sharique
>wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:19:36 -0800 (PST), Sharique
>>
>>
>> >Please suggest me some treatment for the pop eye in the texas.
>>
>> It sounds like it is a more general problem but we have no way to know
>> what it is. We can only address the swollen eyes symptom and it is not
>> easy. If it is already in a clean established tank with no other fish
>> and it is not getting any better you need to release the swelling in
>> its eyes. The only way to do that is to push a very fine hypodermic
>> needle into the side of the eye. If its not too late that will "cure"
>> the symptom.
>>
>> Steve
>
>Hi Steve,
>
>Thanks for your suggestion.
>
>I observed the pop eye yesterday, and i moved the Texas to a seperate
>tank immediately.
>
>Still I don't see any improvement in his condition, looks like the eye
>has swollen more since yesterday.
>
>Can you suggest some medication which I can do on him.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sharique
Sorry but I don't know any medication for pop eye that works though
I'm sure there are many you could waste money on!
In my experience most cichlids just get better if the tank conditions
are good.
A few cichlids need the pressure reliving with a tiny hypodermic
needle. It is inserted into the side of the eye through the
surrounding tissue, not into the actual eyeball.
Steve
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Posted by Malawi Man on January 24, 2008, 8:30 am
Please log in for more thread options Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:29:12 -0800 (PST), Sharique
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>> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:19:36 -0800 (PST), Sharique
>>>
>>>
>>>> Please suggest me some treatment for the pop eye in the texas.
>>>
>>> It sounds like it is a more general problem but we have no way to
know
>>> what it is. We can only address the swollen eyes symptom and it is
not
>>> easy. If it is already in a clean established tank with no other
fish
>>> and it is not getting any better you need to release the swelling in
>>> its eyes. The only way to do that is to push a very fine hypodermic
>>> needle into the side of the eye. If its not too late that will
"cure"
>>> the symptom.
It would help if you could check basic water parameters (ammonia,
nitrites,
nitrates and such).
-- !
Best regards, milc, 500L Mbuna tank, 500L Aulonacara/Haplochromis tank
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