What Do I Do?!?!?!?

[Noahsfish]

I just dropped in one of my hikari wafers to feed my 6 corycats in the 20 gallon. I watched them pushing it around and it went under the driftwood. One of them tried to get it and I saw it thrash away in pain because a piece of sharp driftwood stabbed it in the eye. It's sitting in the corner gasping I don't know what to do., should I out it out of it's misery and if that's the best thing to do how would I do it and keep a clean conscience.....this happened about 5-10 minutes ago

 

[NeonBlueLeon]

Do you think it's fatal?  If yes, then perhaps clove oil and ethanol may be something to consider. 
 
Before you do that though, perhaps you can nurse it somehow.  I've never had experience with this before, but my instinct would be to try to prevent infection with water changes and perhaps Melafix.  Can anyone else weigh in? 
 
Hope he turns out alright.  Keep us posted.

 

[Noahsfish]

Ok so there's a redness and his eye is swollen and there might actually be something inside of it I can't really see....he's swimming a little bit so I think I'm going to wait a couple hours and see if he makes it...

 

[eaglesaquarium]

CLEAN WATER is the best remedy for this fish.  It will more than likely survive the injury, but may end up blind in that eye.  To prevent an infection from causing it more trouble, you are going to need to do large water changes, extremely frequently - I'd say about 50% every other day until the eye appears to be "healed" - maybe two weeks or so.
 
 
Meanwhile, remove the driftwood and try to remove any other sharp points that could cause a problem.

 

[Chad]

Fish can easily survive the loss of an eye and live good long and healthy lives.  Eagle is right, clean water! I recommend following his advice and not worrying too much about the fish. I have a feeling it will be fine.

 

[Sophie]

I'd whack some Melafix in the tank to help prevent any bacterial infections. Or Myxazin. Stress Coat might help also.
 
Good luck! Might have to get him a patch.

 

[Wills]

As said above fish can survive quite a lot so dont put it down just yet.
 
All I can say is the above advice is the right thing to do - clean water and melafix would be my plan
 
Wills