I went to check my water in my salt water fish tank and my pink basselet's eyes are popped out!!! He is kinda floating a little bit at the top fighting to stay alive. I know there isnt' anything I can do about this but I think he is going to die. I have an angel fish and a clown fish and a blenny weaver and I don't know if he got in a fight or ran into the glass....ANY IDEAS???
2006-10-19 12:52:17 · 14 answers · asked by Jenna J 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Sounds like popeye to me. I am more familiar with it in freshwater fish, and I have not encountered in salt water. However, in freshwater fish the other posters are right, it is not usually fatal. I see it most often in tanks with bad water quality, so I would check your water first.
If your tank is a true saltwater fish only tank and NOT a Reef Tank (you have no invertibrates or corals, etc.) then you might want to treat the whole tank with a borad spectrum of anti-biotics. If you do not have a fish only tank, then you should strongly consider setting up a quarentine tank. They are actually a good idea even if you do have a fish only tank. I keep one up and running even when I am only keeping freshwater fish.
It sounds like the fish is pretty far along in the disease, so the sooner the better to act. You should closely watch all the other fish to make sure they are not showing signs too.
Another thing to consider is that some salt water fish are still collected using poisons. You might want to check in with the place you purchased the fish and make sure that they do not buy fish from importers that use poison during their collections.
Fish collected with poisions can look perfectly healthy when you buy them, but just like any other creature being poisoned is not a good thing and can easily lead to a shorter lifespan and health complications. Many fish die during the collection process itself of course. :o(
Good luck, I hope he comes out of it!
2006-10-19 13:41:36 · answer #1 · answered by wtonysimpson 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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A: These are the starting symptoms of Abdominal Dropsy. Very few fish survive this condition.
Treatment: Move the affected fish to an isolation tank and raise the temperature to 84-86 degrees fahrenheit. Treat the fish with 1 dose of Gentamycin Sulfate Powder and leave the medication in the water for 7 days, with no water changes during treatment time. When treatment is finished, add the carbon back to the filtration, and slowly lower the temperature back to normal over several days time.
2006-10-19 14:49:53 · answer #2 · answered by Blossom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are his eyes bulging or gone? In freshwater fish pop-eye (bulging) is usually a bacterial infection inside the fish. It is probably too late to save him, but if you wanted to try a quarantine tank you could. There are medicines for freshwater fish but I don't know how a salt fish would react.
In case there is a water quality problem that helped cause this, I'd check your water - is pH correct, ammonia? nitrites? etc.
2006-10-19 13:06:02 · answer #3 · answered by judy a 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a clear case of pop eye. It is easy to cure in a quarantine tank with meds. If you are going to treat your fish, dont treat it in the main display tank because you can kill any 1live rock or inverts you may have. Hope your fishy gets well soon
2006-10-20 16:42:30 · answer #4 · answered by powder_blue_tang 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Angel Fish Would Be My Main Culprit They Are Very Aggresive And Territorial..........
2006-10-19 12:56:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
it's "popeye" or eye bulging and can be treated by medication and frequent small water changes go to your local pet store and get medication for it but remember you always want pristine water for your fish being that they are swimming in there own feces and it is good for there health to have good water!
2006-10-19 14:40:30 · answer #6 · answered by C live 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is he supposed to be a salt water fish? If not then there's your answer.
2006-10-19 12:54:49 · answer #7 · answered by Werty W 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its pop eye you can get medication at your local fish store
2006-10-20 12:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by great white fisherman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like someone was playing squish the fish to me.
2006-10-19 12:56:00 · answer #9 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's a disease called "popeye" (it's what it sounds like), and it's not usually fatal.
Try this link.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/compldiagnodisease/a/aa053001.htm
2006-10-19 13:07:58 · answer #10 · answered by bettalover 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋