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Much has been written on the topic of stress & disease, below is summary to help guide you throughout
Pop Eye prevention and identification. Please feel free to send any comments or suggestions to Ask An Expert.
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POP EYE |
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One or both eyes protrude from the head in an unusual fashion.
Symptoms of Stress & Disease |
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Pop Eye General Description |
It is commonly caused by excess gas in the system, brought about by super-saturation of gas in high pressure water mains. It can also be associated with Dropsy or Ichthyosporidium. Look for bubbles of gas in the eyes, this indicates the bends, as does nervous upset, distress or just odd movements.
Pop-eye, however, is a condition which causes a fish's eyes to protrude away from the fish's head in an unusual way. Pop-eye is usually caused by septicemia or tuberculosis.
Treated fishes eyes may remain enlarged after treatment since the underlying tissue may remain stretched.
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Pop Eye Treatments |
Pop eye is only a symptom of an internal bacterial infection and not a disease in
itself. If your fish is still eating, I'd recommend feeding it a medicated (for
bacterial infections) food. Otherwise I've had some limited success by combining
Naladixic Acid and Kanamycin Sulfate. Pop eye usually appears after the disease is
far advanced and difficult to treat.
Placing the afflicted fish into a quarantine tank will allow it time away from its tankmates. Septicemia must be treated immediately if the fish is to survive, and Tuberculosis is extremely serious, and so vetrinary advice is vital. Tuberculosis is sometimes transmittable to humans, and so vetrinary advice is doubly recommended.
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Pop Eye Prevention |
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No Prevention? Clean water and good water condition will help. Pop-eye can also be caused by hormonal imbalance, for which there is no cure.
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Major Sick Fish Diseases:
| # | Image | Disease Title | Top 3 Symptoms |
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Ammonia Poisoning |
Red streaking on the fins or body.
Purple or red gills.
Fins are torn & jagged.
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Anchor Worms |
Tiny white-green or red worms in wounds.
Frequent rubbing or "flashing".
Ulcers may appear. |
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Black Spot |
Small black speckles on body.
Frequent rubbing or "flashing".
Small black smudges on fish. |
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Cataracts |
White or grey "foggy" eyes.
Eye looks like it has a slime coat.
Tendency to bump into things. |
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Cotton Mouth |
White "Cotton like" fungus on the mouth.
Lethargy and loss of appetite.
White spots on mouth, scales, and fins. |
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Curved Spine (Fish TB) |
Curved or Crooked Spine.
Lesions on the body.
loss of scales. |
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Dropsy |
Huge, Fat, Bloated Belly.
Lethargy and loss of appetite.
Scales almost popping off. |
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Fin Rot |
Fins turn Jagged or whitish and die back.
Fins look like they were ripped off.
Fish is not eating. |
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Hole in the Head |
Hole in the head.
Small sore on head.
Lethargy and loss of appetite. |
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Ichthyophthirius
(white spot or ick) |
Small white "salt-like" pimples on fins & body.
Lethargy and loss of appetite.
Frequent rubbing or "flashing". |
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Neon Tetra Disease |
Restlessness.
Whitened areas deep into the fishes' flesh.
Spine may become curved. |
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New Tank Syndrome |
Sudden Death.
Cloudy Water.
Unexplained Death. |
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Oodinium (velvet) |
Fine grey-gold to whitish 'dust' on the body.
Very rapid gill movement.
Scratching or flashing. |
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Parasites (External) |
Large ugly sores on body.
Skin looks grey in patches.
Fish swim aimlessly.
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Planaria
(white hairlike worms) |
Small White Hairlike Worms.
Tiny, Wiggley Worms often found in the substrate. |
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Pop Eye |
One or both eyes protrude from the head in an unusual fashion.
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Skin / Gill Flukes |
Fish gasps for air at the water's surface
Gills open and close rapidly
Gills are covered in mucus
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Swim Bladder Disease |
Erratic Swimming Position
Loss of equilibrium
Fish will be unable to maintain buoyancy
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Vitamin Deficiencies |
Scoliosis (Curved Spine)
Reduced Growth
Anorexia (Lack or Loss of Appetite)
View Symptoms per Vitamin
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| References/Further Reading |
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The Manual of Fish Health
Dr. Chris Andrews, Adrian Exell and Dr. Neville Carrington.
New Jersey: Tetra Press, 1988
Handbook of Fish Diseases
Dieter Untergasser
Translation by Howard H. Hirschhorn
T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 1989
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