UH OH Popeye Help!!!

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  1. bpitts4

    bpitts4 Astrea Snail

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    Just got a purple tang and it has been doing fine up until this afternoon when I arrived home. I looked at the tank as I usually do and one of his eyes is swollen and bulging out. What can i get to treat this and what is causing this. I checked my water parems and they are all good. Will this disease spread to the rest of my fish? Do I need to quarantine the little guy? Help please so I can run out and pick up whatever he needs!!!!!
     
    bpitts4, Jun 23, 2011
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  2. N3MATOCYST

    N3MATOCYST Spaghetti Worm

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    give him spinach.
     
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  3. N3MATOCYST

    N3MATOCYST Spaghetti Worm

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    j/k but seriously its a bacterial infection usually and should be treated as such. make sure your tang is getting the right amount of greens in its diet also
     
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  4. bpitts4

    bpitts4 Astrea Snail

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    Will do. Is there anything to treat the infection. What can i pick up at the lfs.
     
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  5. evolved

    evolved Wrasse Freak

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    It's possible it is not due to infection, but rather from injury (scraping against a rock). If the later is the case, it will likely heal on it's own, provided good husbandry.
     
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  6. bpitts4

    bpitts4 Astrea Snail

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    So I went to the lfs and picked up Melafix just incase it is a bacterial infection. Hopefully this will help. Thanks for all that responed. I appreciate the help.
     
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  7. nemovit

    nemovit Astrea Snail

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    Could also be flukes. I always freshwater dip and treat with Prazipro in the QT for new arrivals.
     
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  8. Renee@LionfishLair

    Renee@LionfishLair 3reef Sponsor

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    Unilateral popeye is usually an injury. It CAN become infected, like any injury can, but that wouldn't be my first conclusion as to a causative factor.

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    Renee@LionfishLair, Jul 2, 2011
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