pop eye

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I have a Black Tetra with pop eye. I removed the carbon and tried a
seven day treatment with Melafix without any results. It's been a
month, would further treatment help or should I consider sending him to
fish heaven? Behavior and eating is normal but it sure looks like it's
painfull.


I'm no expert but pop-eye is generally caused by mechanical stress (banged)
or a bacterial infection behind the eye. I don't think Mela-Fix would have
any effect. I don't recall the proper treatment, or how effective they are.

As for being painful, I doubt it. Their nervous systems are quite different
from mammals. If the infection continues, the eye may pop out and the fish
will quite possibly continue living a normal life. You might be amazed at
how unaffected they can be by the loss of a single eye. They sense motion
along the lateral line on both sides of their body, so the fish is not
really 'blind' on that side. If this happens, give him a proper pirate
name. Black tetras play this part well...."argh laddie" ;~).
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