comet with popeye, please help!

came home from class tonight. looked in the aquarium and yea.......my comet
looks like ET........its definitely popeye......he is starting to look like
a hammerhead shark.......and now theres the whiteness around the eye like i
have seen in photos.........

ok, before i totally go in shock here.......whats this disease.....what
causes it, whats the chances it can be cured, how should i cure
it........keep in mind i dont have my ten gallon set up for emergencies like
i used to, i know, bad me......


please respond asap!!!!

this is a form of dropsy.
http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/disea...ame.htm#dropsy
was there a big temp drop from water change or ??
Ingrid

"Morpheus" wrote:

came home from class tonight. looked in the aquarium and yea.......my comet
looks like ET........its definitely popeye......he is starting to look like
a hammerhead shark.......and now theres the whiteness around the eye like i
have seen in photos.........

ok, before i totally go in shock here.......whats this disease.....what
causes it, whats the chances it can be cured, how should i cure
it........keep in mind i dont have my ten gallon set up for emergencies like
i used to, i know, bad me......


please respond asap!!!!





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Thanks for your response.....

He doesnt have the bulging body, but both his eyes are extremely raised with
a whitle circle around them.....

there was one big change in the water, we have a water softener, and about a
week ago, i did a water change, a pretty big one without knowing that the
water softener had run out of salt.....so the water i used was very very
hard........

i have done another water change since then and the water conditions are
really good now.........
"Morpheus" wrote in message
ink.net...
came home from class tonight. looked in the aquarium and yea.......my
comet
looks like ET........its definitely popeye......he is starting to look
like
a hammerhead shark.......and now theres the whiteness around the eye like
i
have seen in photos.........

ok, before i totally go in shock here.......whats this disease.....what
causes it, whats the chances it can be cured, how should i cure
it........keep in mind i dont have my ten gallon set up for emergencies
like
i used to, i know, bad me......


please respond asap!!!!

Morpheus,

Before you get crazy and adding all sorts of stuff to your fish water, why
not try using some Melafix first. It is possible that the fish injured its
eye during a dance around the tank while you were away.

Using the Melafix will see if any thing else shows up and if it does you can
act accordingly. Unless your tank water was extremely soft adding hard
water should not bothered you fish enough to cause this reaction. Go with
the Melafix first and observe. If it is dropsy you will know soon enough.
No use hitting your fish with sludge hammer meds when a gingerly use of a
tack hammer will suffice.

Tom L.L.
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"Morpheus" wrote in message
nk.net...
Thanks for your response.....

He doesnt have the bulging body, but both his eyes are extremely raised
with
a whitle circle around them.....

there was one big change in the water, we have a water softener, and about
a
week ago, i did a water change, a pretty big one without knowing that the
water softener had run out of salt.....so the water i used was very very
hard........

i have done another water change since then and the water conditions are
really good now.........
"Morpheus" wrote in message
ink.net...
came home from class tonight. looked in the aquarium and yea.......my
comet
looks like ET........its definitely popeye......he is starting to look
like
a hammerhead shark.......and now theres the whiteness around the eye
like
i
have seen in photos.........

ok, before i totally go in shock here.......whats this disease.....what
causes it, whats the chances it can be cured, how should i cure
it........keep in mind i dont have my ten gallon set up for emergencies
like
i used to, i know, bad me......


please respond asap!!!!

can melafix be added to the community tank........i have a apple snail,
octos, and a dojo loach in it........can they deal with melafix or is it too
much for them
"Tom La Bron" wrote in message
...
Morpheus,

Before you get crazy and adding all sorts of stuff to your fish water, why
not try using some Melafix first. It is possible that the fish injured
its
eye during a dance around the tank while you were away.

Using the Melafix will see if any thing else shows up and if it does you
can
act accordingly. Unless your tank water was extremely soft adding hard
water should not bothered you fish enough to cause this reaction. Go with
the Melafix first and observe. If it is dropsy you will know soon enough.
No use hitting your fish with sludge hammer meds when a gingerly use of a
tack hammer will suffice.

Tom L.L.
--------------------------------------------------
"Morpheus" wrote in message
nk.net...
Thanks for your response.....

He doesnt have the bulging body, but both his eyes are extremely raised
with
a whitle circle around them.....

there was one big change in the water, we have a water softener, and
about
a
week ago, i did a water change, a pretty big one without knowing that
the
water softener had run out of salt.....so the water i used was very very
hard........

i have done another water change since then and the water conditions are
really good now.........
"Morpheus" wrote in message
ink.net...
came home from class tonight. looked in the aquarium and yea.......my
comet
looks like ET........its definitely popeye......he is starting to look
like
a hammerhead shark.......and now theres the whiteness around the eye
like
i
have seen in photos.........

ok, before i totally go in shock here.......whats this
disease.....what
causes it, whats the chances it can be cured, how should i cure
it........keep in mind i dont have my ten gallon set up for
emergencies
like
i used to, i know, bad me......


please respond asap!!!!

Morpheus,

I am not sure about the snail, but according to the literature you can use
it on Discus fry, one of the most delicate fish at that age ever having to
deal with, and it can also be used with scaleless fish. According to
literature it can be used with snails, but the only snails that I have are
pond snails and it has never killed them.

I now use Melafix on ever fish that I bring home for a full regiment of
treatment as per instructions with a full 14 day feeding of Medigold.

So far, I have never had a fish come down with any thing after leaving the
quarantine tank.

HTH

Tom L.L.
---------------------------------------
"Morpheus" wrote in message
ink.net...
can melafix be added to the community tank........i have a apple snail,
octos, and a dojo loach in it........can they deal with melafix or is it
too
much for them
"Tom La Bron" wrote in message
...
Morpheus,

Before you get crazy and adding all sorts of stuff to your fish water,
why
not try using some Melafix first. It is possible that the fish injured
its
eye during a dance around the tank while you were away.

Using the Melafix will see if any thing else shows up and if it does you
can
act accordingly. Unless your tank water was extremely soft adding hard
water should not bothered you fish enough to cause this reaction. Go
with
the Melafix first and observe. If it is dropsy you will know soon
enough.
No use hitting your fish with sludge hammer meds when a gingerly use of
a
tack hammer will suffice.

Tom L.L.
--------------------------------------------------
"Morpheus" wrote in message
nk.net...
Thanks for your response.....

He doesnt have the bulging body, but both his eyes are extremely
raised
with
a whitle circle around them.....

there was one big change in the water, we have a water softener, and
about
a
week ago, i did a water change, a pretty big one without knowing that
the
water softener had run out of salt.....so the water i used was very
very
hard........

i have done another water change since then and the water conditions
are
really good now.........
"Morpheus" wrote in message
ink.net...
came home from class tonight. looked in the aquarium and
yea.......my
comet
looks like ET........its definitely popeye......he is starting to
look
like
a hammerhead shark.......and now theres the whiteness around the eye
like
i
have seen in photos.........

ok, before i totally go in shock here.......whats this
disease.....what
causes it, whats the chances it can be cured, how should i cure
it........keep in mind i dont have my ten gallon set up for
emergencies
like
i used to, i know, bad me......


please respond asap!!!!

"Tom La Bron" wrote in message ...
Morpheus,

I am not sure about the snail, but according to the literature you can use


This links claims it's OK for snails:

http://www.fishjunkies.com/Medications/melafix.php

dont use tea tree oil derivatives with your GF
http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/care/...L,%20Melaleuca

dropsy treatment is epsom salts and heat, nothing toxic to any of your other fish.
Ingrid

"Morpheus" wrote:
can melafix be added to the community tank........i have a apple snail,
octos, and a dojo loach in it........can they deal with melafix or is it too
much for them



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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

dont use tea tree oil derivatives with your GF

When Melafix came out your opinions were based on dog and bird anecdotes. Have
you ever tried it?

as I said, popeye is a form of dropsy. yeah, sudden increase in alkalinity or temp
drop will give em dropsy. treat according to dropsy. Ingrid

"Morpheus" wrote:

Thanks for your response.....

He doesnt have the bulging body, but both his eyes are extremely raised with
a whitle circle around them.....

there was one big change in the water, we have a water softener, and about a
week ago, i did a water change, a pretty big one without knowing that the
water softener had run out of salt.....so the water i used was very very
hard........

i have done another water change since then and the water conditions are
really good now.........
"Morpheus" wrote in message
link.net...
came home from class tonight. looked in the aquarium and yea.......my
comet
looks like ET........its definitely popeye......he is starting to look
like
a hammerhead shark.......and now theres the whiteness around the eye like
i
have seen in photos.........

ok, before i totally go in shock here.......whats this disease.....what
causes it, whats the chances it can be cured, how should i cure
it........keep in mind i dont have my ten gallon set up for emergencies
like
i used to, i know, bad me......


please respond asap!!!!








~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.