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Old March 3rd, 2013, 11:06 PM   #1
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I have yellow tail African who developed Popeyes what causes that and how to treat it
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Old March 3rd, 2013, 11:13 PM   #2
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it could be from an infection due to a scrape or cut
is he the only one
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Old March 3rd, 2013, 11:20 PM   #3
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Yes he is and I removed him and tx him with api melafix anti fungal and for Popeyes right now he's pretty lethargic soo we will c what happens👹👹🙀
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  • If more than one fish in the aquarium have pop-eye at the same time, then it is likely a water quality issue. Test water parameters and do daily 30% water changes for 4 or 5 days.
  • If the eye was injured by scraping it on a rock or by a fight with another fish then the best thing to do is to quarantine the fish in a hospital tank. The fish can be treated with Maracyn or Maracyn II to prevent or eliminate infection once in the hospital tank.
  • If both eyes are affected this is more likely a bacterial infection. Remove infected fish from the main tank and put them into a hospital tank. Treat the hospital tank with Maracyn or Maracyn II. If you cannot catch the fish to place it in a hospital tank then the main tank can be treated with Maracyn or Maracyn II. This is not ideal because it kills off beneficial bacteria in your main aquarium.
  • Some people have reported success with treating the water with aquarium salt (around 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons of water). You can use this treatment in combination with antibiotics and water changes.
  • If water changes, antibiotics or salt treatments do not seem to be working after 4 or 5 days then the cause may be viral in nature or ichthyosporidium, excess blood gases caused by nitrogen supersaturation (what divers get when they come up to the surface too quickly). If either of these are the case there is no real treatment available. You can just try to keep water quality up through water changes.

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Old March 3rd, 2013, 11:43 PM   #5
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Thanks for the info 🐠 I'm tryin to save him yellow tail are pretty fish😎😎😜
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Old March 9th, 2013, 09:56 PM   #6
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Follow up on the popeye;; I isolated the fish and treated with melafix for 5 days ; I also added some salt . Friday I did a partial water change and today Saturday the fish is looking for food which is a sign of recovery👍👍🐠😎
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one of the most important thing on the road to recovery is to get the fish to eat.
they have to keep their strenght up, just as we do when sick
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Default Many Causes of Pop-Eye

Pop-Eye is a symptom not a disease, and it can be very frustrating to determine what causes it. The culprit can be anything from bad water chemistry, dirty water, bacterial septicemia, vibrio, Hemamita or hole-in-the-head, eye flukes and fish TB. I recently lost lost a Flowerhorn from unilateral pop-peye in 9 days. I used tetracycline, prazi-pro, flagyl and clout and it died anyhow. It's mate is fine. I'm suspicious it had advanced Hexamita or TB. Kanamycin is about the only thing that knocks out fish TB.
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Old May 23rd, 2013, 12:09 PM   #9
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I was successful at treating this fish , it took 2x s treating in a hospital tank 10gal) I used salt with increased temp AND API melafix today that yellow tail is swimming with the fishes😎😎👍🐠🐠and that occurred in January 🐟
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Read Do Melafix and Pimafix Work @ Simply Discus. They don't work for anybody. The salt may have worked. Melaleuca has many harmful side effects as well.
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