Pop eye Question

In the beginning of December, my foxface developed pop eyein one; and
Cloudy eye in the other. I placed him in a QT and gave him and began the
treatment. The product says I could give him the medicine for a maximum
of 10 days (2 five day treatments). After the 10 days I did 2 partial
water changes and left him in there for 2 weeks. The pop eye is still
not back to normal, so i began his treatment again. From what I've read
his eye may never go back to the way it should be because the muscle was
stretched. So how can I tell if he's better or not?

That's true that they don't always recover, but they
can often eventually recover from the damaging
effects of pop eye.

How does the fish look?

Wayne Sallee




Peter Pan wrote on 1/1/2008 10:29 PM:
In the beginning of December, my foxface developed pop eyein one; and
Cloudy eye in the other. I placed him in a QT and gave him and began the
treatment. The product says I could give him the medicine for a maximum
of 10 days (2 five day treatments). After the 10 days I did 2 partial
water changes and left him in there for 2 weeks. The pop eye is still
not back to normal, so i began his treatment again. From what I've read
his eye may never go back to the way it should be because the muscle was
stretched. So how can I tell if he's better or not?

Wayne Sallee wrote:
That's true that they don't always recover, but they can often
eventually recover from the damaging effects of pop eye.

How does the fish look?
Other then his eye bulging out, he looks fine. He's not happy to be in a
15 gal tank but he appears to be ok

You could give him one more treatment, and then if
he is still the same, you could go ahead and put him
back. At that point he is not likely to get worse.

Wayne Sallee



Peter Pan wrote on 1/2/2008 9:06 AM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
That's true that they don't always recover, but they can often
eventually recover from the damaging effects of pop eye.

How does the fish look?
Other then his eye bulging out, he looks fine. He's not happy to be in a
15 gal tank but he appears to be ok

Wayne Sallee wrote:
You could give him one more treatment, and then if he is still the same,
you could go ahead and put him back. At that point he is not likely to
get worse.

Wayne Sallee



Peter Pan wrote on 1/2/2008 9:06 AM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
That's true that they don't always recover, but they can often
eventually recover from the damaging effects of pop eye.

How does the fish look?
Other then his eye bulging out, he looks fine. He's not happy to be in
a 15 gal tank but he appears to be ok

I forgot to put in the OP he's on his second 10 day treatment, today
will be his last does of the medicine