Popeye - FoxFace

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Took me all day to get these crappy pics. When I turn the whites on the hose in the rocks. I can’t wait to retire this old girl (tank) in July, too many scratches. Speaking of, my fox face has a swollen eye. It appears to me to have 3 scratches on it. It’s not uncommon for the purple tang and powder blue to be playing tag through all the rocks with the Fox. As you see colors are good. It’s eating and when no commotion is going on outside the tank it comes out swims all around pecking at the rocks. I’m going out of town for two days in the AM and really hoping it’s simply an eye injury. My wife would not being able to get it out out or anything and I’m on a clock for my trip. Can anyone tell me how my night is going to be?

It’s also only the one eye. When it eats you can tell it doesn’t have great site to the popeye side.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Took me all day to get these crappy pics. When I turn the whites on the hose in the rocks. I can’t wait to retire this old girl (tank) in July, too many scratches. Speaking of, my fox face has a swollen eye. It appears to me to have 3 scratches on it. It’s not uncommon for the purple tang and powder blue to be playing tag through all the rocks with the Fox. As you see colors are good. It’s eating and when no commotion is going on outside the tank it comes out swims all around pecking at the rocks. I’m going out of town for two days in the AM and really hoping it’s simply an eye injury. My wife would not being able to get it out out or anything and I’m on a clock for my trip. Can anyone tell me how my night is going to be?

It’s also only the one eye. When it eats you can tell it doesn’t have great site to the popeye side.

Likely stemmed from an injury or scrape but can also be associated with water quality
Assure ammonia and nitrate not elevated and treat with Maracyn, not Maracyn oxy or Maracyn two in a separate treatment tank for at least 5 days and add aeration via air stone

 

[VintageReefer]

I’m battling pop eye with 2 cardinal fish.

Needed to move to QT tank and start Maracyn

Note when you buy it, it comes in 8 pack. It’s 1 pack per 10 gallons of water and you might need 2 rounds (10 days) of treatment

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Likely stemmed from an injury or scrape but can also be associated with water quality
Assure ammonia and nitrate not elevated and treat with Maracyn, not Maracyn oxy or Maracyn two in a separate treatment tank for at least 5 days and add aeration via air stone

Stupid me forgot to mention, once you said water quality, I am just wrapping up a Cipro treatment for BJD. Was out of town for an extended period of time between the week before/after it was 4 weeks without a water change (tank is typically healthy). But a week after I was back for the first time I got BJD, and I have not added anything new to the tank in a while. Could the cipro have caused this?

 

[MnFish1]

The injury has damaged the eye significantly - Agree with @vetteguy53081 that treatment with a broad spectrum antibiotic would be a good idea. Additionally, I might consider not adding it back to your display - if it's repeated behavior that they are fighting.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Took me all day to get these crappy pics. When I turn the whites on the hose in the rocks. I can’t wait to retire this old girl (tank) in July, too many scratches. Speaking of, my fox face has a swollen eye. It appears to me to have 3 scratches on it. It’s not uncommon for the purple tang and powder blue to be playing tag through all the rocks with the Fox. As you see colors are good. It’s eating and when no commotion is going on outside the tank it comes out swims all around pecking at the rocks. I’m going out of town for two days in the AM and really hoping it’s simply an eye injury. My wife would not being able to get it out out or anything and I’m on a clock for my trip. Can anyone tell me how my night is going to be?

It’s also only the one eye. When it eats you can tell it doesn’t have great site to the popeye side.

Now that I see the fish on a larger screen, there is a possibility of flukes. If true, you will see fish scratching, sudden darting across tank, fluttering its fins, loss of appetite and hiding as examples

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Took me all day to get these crappy pics. When I turn the whites on the hose in the rocks. I can’t wait to retire this old girl (tank) in July, too many scratches. Speaking of, my fox face has a swollen eye. It appears to me to have 3 scratches on it. It’s not uncommon for the purple tang and powder blue to be playing tag through all the rocks with the Fox. As you see colors are good. It’s eating and when no commotion is going on outside the tank it comes out swims all around pecking at the rocks. I’m going out of town for two days in the AM and really hoping it’s simply an eye injury. My wife would not being able to get it out out or anything and I’m on a clock for my trip. Can anyone tell me how my night is going to be?

It’s also only the one eye. When it eats you can tell it doesn’t have great site to the popeye side.

Just an observation - with just one eye infected, it is almost never flukes, as these infect both eyes equally. This is from an injury of some sort - can you see a silvery bubble inside the eye?