Blind Eye

[tuskancharger]

My rainbow splendida of 2 years has got a smokey eye which is swollen some what like popeye but this appeared overnight . I know he likes to tussel with the fire mouths and the convicts but they have never shown any real signs of damage to each other any ideas please

 

[scooterchick]

My rainbow splendida of 2 years has got a smokey eye which is swollen some what like popeye but this appeared overnight . I know he likes to tussel with the fire mouths and the convicts but they have never shown any real signs of damage to each other any ideas please

Really hard to tell without more info or pictures. Best thing you can do is keep an 'eye' (pardon the pun) on the tank, look closely at your fish for any other signs of disease and do a water change. Don't add any checmicals or medication (except dechlorinator of course) until you have a firm diagsosis. If it is bacterial it will usually affect other areas before the eye so I'd be having a good look at the fish, are they nice, bright and shiny? Good weight? No skinniness, no sunken bellies, no lethargy, no spots, fluffsor discolouration?

 

[tuskancharger]

at present there are no other symptom to any other fish the rainbow is still playing dancing and tusseling as usual feeding fine i realise that the convicts have got a fair nip as i have had my hands in there a few times in the past and the fact that the smokey eye was so sudden that i thought perhaps an injury
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[scooterchick]

It's very possible it's an injury, it may even have banged it's eye on a decoration or something. Fish are quick healers so hopefully you'll see some improvement in the next couple of days. Good luck!

 

[tuskancharger]

thanks for your concern
will update if any change

 

[WILDER]

http/www.flippersandfins.net/pop-eye.htm

 

[tuskancharger]

just to update and close this thread all is well added a bit of esha fungus finrot and Bacteria treatment as per dosage for 3 days all is well have also now done 50% water change to help raise the water quality a little