Ram Has Swollen Eye

[jmorty]

One of my fish rams has a swollen eye looks like a fungus, should i put some chemical in the water

 

[Athena]

Does it look as though the eye is popping out a bit, possibly surrounded by a blistery bubble?

Could be pop eye or cloudy eye disease. Are you able to post a pic?

If it is either of the above then you can treat with something like Myxazin - an anti-bacterial med.

Do you do regular water changes and gravel vac? Might be a good idea to do one tonight if possible (if you haven't done one in the last few days already).

Regards - Athena

 

[jmorty]

Does it look as though the eye is popping out a bit, possibly surrounded by a blistery bubble?

Could be pop eye or cloudy eye disease. Are you able to post a pic?

If it is either of the above then you can treat with something like Myxazin - an anti-bacterial med.

Do you do regular water changes and gravel vac? Might be a good idea to do one tonight if possible (if you haven't done one in the last few days already).

Regards - Athena

I have just took a couple of jug full of water out the tank, the rams have been in the tank for 6 days now, yes the rams eye looks as if it eye is popping out but no blistery bubble i will take a pic of the ram now

 

[Athena]

Hmm... it does sound like pop eye to me.

Is this a newly set up tank or did you just add the ram(s) to a long-established tank?

Rams are very sensitive to water conditions so it could be that your water has had an ammonia/nitrite spike. Or he may have had a knock to the eye on a rock/ornament causing an infection.

Do you have a testing kit at all so that you can post your water stats for us?

Athena

 

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[jmorty]

Hmm... it does sound like pop eye to me.

Is this a newly set up tank or did you just add the ram(s) to a long-established tank?

Rams are very sensitive to water conditions so it could be that your water has had an ammonia/nitrite spike. Or he may have had a knock to the eye on a rock/ornament causing an infection.

Do you have a testing kit at all so that you can post your water stats for us?

Athena

Well my tank is full of rocks, half of the tank water in the tank has been in the tank for 3 years, and i changed half of the water with tap water and the tank has been running for 3 weeks. my local fish shop tested my fish water and said my nitrate and ph levels are fine. When do i have to put the chemical in the water

Current stock
x6 neon tetras
x5 Serpae Tetra
x1 albeano shark
x1 clown loach
x4 corys
x2 ram
x1 catfish
x5 rummy nose

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im getting a 60 gallon tank soon

Hmm... it does sound like pop eye to me.

Is this a newly set up tank or did you just add the ram(s) to a long-established tank?

Rams are very sensitive to water conditions so it could be that your water has had an ammonia/nitrite spike. Or he may have had a knock to the eye on a rock/ornament causing an infection.

Do you have a testing kit at all so that you can post your water stats for us?

Athena

Well my tank is full of rocks, half of the tank water in the tank has been in the tank for 3 years, and i changed half of the water with tap water and the tank has been running for 3 weeks. my local fish shop tested my fish water and said my nitrate and ph levels are fine. When do i have to put the chemical in the water

Current stock
x6 neon tetras
x5 Serpae Tetra
x1 albeano shark
x1 clown loach
x4 corys
x2 ram
x1 catfish
x5 rummy nose

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im getting a 60 gallon tank soon

so what do i do with the ram

 

[Athena]

Oh gosh, thank goodness you're upgrading to a larger tank! Wow, it's no wonder you're starting to get diseases in your tank. If you have water that's 3 yrs old it's probably stagnant by now!

You should be doing small daily water changes with that amount of fish, to be honest.

Oh well - not much I can say on your tank situation as it's been said in prior postings and I'm not here to give you an ear bashing LOL - although I think maybe you haven't understood the gist of why there are safe stocking levels and it's nothing to do with how much space the fish have to swim in.

It's all to do with the volume of tank water - the more fish you have in that volume of water the quicker it becomes full of poisonous chemicals - too quickly and too much for your filter bacteria to convert to safe chemicals when the tank is highly stocked.

Never mind - glad to see you're going to do something about it soon and get a larger tank, otherwise I fear you will be posting a lot more about sick fish in the weeks to come.

The main thing now is to try to get that little ram better somehow.

What medications do you have at home? Are you in the UK? You need an anti-bacterial medication (if you're in the UK then Myxazin is excellent for popeye). Begin treatment asap as every day left untreated means he stands less chance of surviving it.

Athena

ps - the more important water tests would be Ammonia and Nitrite - these are the ones that can poison your fish if levels are anything above 0. See if you can get your LFS to test for these next time. Better still, when possible, treat yourself to a liquid water testing kit.

 

[jmorty]

Oh gosh, thank goodness you're upgrading to a larger tank! Wow, it's no wonder you're starting to get diseases in your tank. If you have water that's 3 yrs old it's probably stagnant by now!

You should be doing small daily water changes with that amount of fish, to be honest.

Oh well - not much I can say on your tank situation as it's been said in prior postings and I'm not here to give you an ear bashing LOL - although I think maybe you haven't understood the gist of why there are safe stocking levels and it's nothing to do with how much space the fish have to swim in.

It's all to do with the volume of tank water - the more fish you have in that volume of water the quicker it becomes full of poisonous chemicals - too quickly and too much for your filter bacteria to convert to safe chemicals when the tank is highly stocked.

Never mind - glad to see you're going to do something about it soon and get a larger tank, otherwise I fear you will be posting a lot more about sick fish in the weeks to come.

The main thing now is to try to get that little ram better somehow.

What medications do you have at home? Are you in the UK? You need an anti-bacterial medication (if you're in the UK then Myxazin is excellent for popeye). Begin treatment asap as every day left untreated means he stands less chance of surviving it.

Athena

ps - the more important water tests would be Ammonia and Nitrite - these are the ones that can poison your fish if levels are anything above 0. See if you can get your LFS to test for these next time. Better still, when possible, treat yourself to a liquid water testing kit.

yes im from the uk, dont have any fish meds but will get some tomorrow, what fish could i leave in the 60litre tank when i buy my new one

 

[Athena]

I'd just have it as a tetra tank.

Your albino shark is going to get quite territorial as it grows bigger so will need a decent sized tank to set up its territory span. You won't want any small fish around him once he starts showing his aggression.

Athena

 

[jmorty]

I'd just have it as a tetra tank.

Your albino shark is going to get quite territorial as it grows bigger so will need a decent sized tank to set up its territory span. You won't want any small fish around him once he starts showing his aggression.

Athena

so if i just take the shark and clown loach out will the 60litre tank still be overstocked

 

[Athena]

Yes it would. The tetras alone would equal about 22inches of fish which is just about right for that size tank with good filter/aeration and weekly water changes. I mean, going on the 1inch per gallon rule you should have up to 16 inches of fish, so you'll have 22inches which is more than that recommended guide. But 22inches will be fine if your tank is kept well-maintained.

Hope I'm not confusing you LOL

Athena


PS - going back to the treatment - forgot to add that if you have an airstone, make sure that is kept running most of the time whilst you are dosing with meds and measure dosages very carefully as too much can kill them. If you get Myxazin it has a little clear-plastic measuring cap on the top which is really useful.

 

[jmorty]

Yes it would. The tetras alone would equal about 22inches of fish which is just about right for that size tank with good filter/aeration and weekly water changes. I mean, going on the 1inch per gallon rule you should have up to 16 inches of fish, so you'll have 22inches which is more than that recommended guide. But 22inches will be fine if your tank is kept well-maintained.

Hope I'm not confusing you LOL

Athena


PS - going back to the treatment - forgot to add that if you have an airstone, make sure that is kept running most of the time whilst you are dosing with meds and measure dosages very carefully as too much can kill them. If you get Myxazin it has a little clear-plastic measuring cap on the top which is really useful.

So can i leave the Serpae Tetras, neon tetras, rummy nose, catfish and 2 rams in the tank

 

[Athena]

LOL - re-read my post hun - just all the tetras on their own in that tank and it'll be fully stocked. Please don't leave the rams in there as they will really suffer time and again...they are such sensitive little things.

Athena