pirahana health

[crash007]

i have 3 pirahana and one has developed bulging eyes any help would be greatfull
the fish are 8 years old and no problems up untill now ?


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[OohFeeshy]

Tank size, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate etc? Any tankmates? From the bulging eyes bit I'd guess popeye, but not sure. Does it look a bit like those bubble eye goldfish do?

 

[crash007]

yes fish look popeyed and have a cat fish which also have been there as long as pirahana

 

[OohFeeshy]

Then I'd treat for popeye. But as I said, what are water stats, tank size etc? Its best to find out why its diseased than have all the others getting ill.

 

[crash007]

thanks where can i find out about ( popeye ) plz new on here

 

[OohFeeshy]

Look in the... can't remember what its called, index of pinned topics. In the emergency section. To clarify, are the eyes bulging outwards or is three a 'bubble' of skin on/around the eye? And you seem to be skirting round telling us about the tank

 

[crash007]

tank 5 width * 2 hight * 1 depth and its my brothers tank all in feet sorry and the sockets seem tobe swallen not eyes them selves will salt help

 

[OohFeeshy]

OK then, now not sure if its popeye. Could be something more serious. I'll have a look, I'll edit in a sec.

After having a look, both internal bacteria and tuberculosis (SP?) mention poping eyes being a symptom. I'd wait until someone clever comes on who knows these things, diseases aren't my speciality

 

[Redbled]

I'm not real sure how to best treat popeye, but I've found in the past year or so that when my fish have issues, the majority of the time a 50 percent water change done again in about 2 weeks seems to clear things up.

 

[crash007]

is it true thay only usually last about 8 years and maybe that could be a factor?

 

[crash007]

thankyou all
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