!my Blue Gourami Has A Big Bulging Red Eye!

[fish_tank0311]

Hi there,

Thanks in advance.

I got home today and went to check on my fish, and one of my little blue gouramis, AKA "Three spotted Gouramis", has a big swollen up eye and around the edges of the eye its all red, (blood obviously), does anyone know what this fish could have done, and how do i fix it. Im pretty sure its not a disease. But im not sure as i havnt graduated with a phd in astrophysilogical marine biology......yet...

Please help me, iv already lost one of my gouramis, and im still unsure as to how he died, as i havnt found his body.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

I recall a bacterial infection causing a swelling of the eye with a redness in the white parts caused by bursting of vessels due to the swelling, but I don't think it is "pop - eye" in full definition.... I treated with Gentamycin which was very expensive and only used once... adding about a pea sized amount in a standard 2ft tank... (maybe your chemist can make up a small amount for you rather than buying in bulk... it's going to be on the shelf for a long tome. Treatment is a once off.... and did not work for me, but I treated very late.. (according to a fish expert friend of mine)

In my case, it was a Black widow affected, so I do not think it is a gouramie specific disease....
I'm thus going to move this topic out to Fish emergencies to see if you get any help from there.

 

[WILDER]

Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.

Can you issolate and use a bacterial med.
Could the fish have injured its eye on anything in the tank.