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We bought our 2 year old son his first goldfish and It was fine last night . and now one of his eyes looks like it is popping out . what can I do?
we have this goldfish who has yet to be named in a ten gallon tank with a whisper fliter for a 10 gallon. and he is the only fsh in there his close friend s a snail. he has live plants in their and a air stone I change the filter in all of my tanks once every two months and clean the gravel with a gravel vac once a month. I have had this fish for about week now.
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- catxLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
That sounds like it could be popeye, a problem that causes one eye (both if you have bad luck) to appear swollen, painful and cloudy. See pic below.
This can be caused by several things, what kind of tank are you keeping him in and what is your tank maintenance routine? He should be in a 10 gallon filtered minimum while small with view to upgrade to 20 gallons once he gets to 4-5".
Keep your tank water clean for starters, popeye can be caused by unfavourable water conditions, and goldfish are messy fish and will muck up their water quite quickly, hence needing a spacious filtered tank not just for growth. It can also be caused by bacterial infections including septicemia and even fish tuberculois. Hopefully yours is just a case of bad water and will heal quickly.
Add a dose of aquarium salt to his tank and a dose of Melafix. There are several medications on the market that will also help combat popeye.
Good luck!
Source(s): http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/2002/popeye.jpeg http://www.fishdoc.net/faq/faq_details.php?faqId=3... - 1 decade ago
This is off a site that I found. This was the closest thing I could find to your problem. Go to the link and it will help you with fish stress. Good Luck!
9. Other Signs of Stress
There are many other Signs of Stress and Disease in fish. For example, there is so-called "fin rot" where the edges of the fish's fins disintegrate, or "pop eye" where the fish's eye bulges out, or "cotton mouth" where the fish has patches that look like cotton around it's mouth, but most of these more pronounced Signs of Stress and Disease occur after the more subtle Signs of Stress and Disease that are listed above.
"Fin rot", "pop eye", "dropsy", and "cotton mouth" are difficult to cure. But before they occur, the fish often show milder Signs of Stress and Disease like clamped fins. If you treat a fish at the first Sign of Stress and Disease, you'll have a much better chance of curing it.
Source(s): http://www.aquariumfish.net/information/recommende... http://www.aquariumfish.net/information/signs_of_s... - ?Lv 45 years ago
Goldfish want a minimum of 30 gallons each and every. i might purchase a 10 gallon and get a betta , snail and shrimps or a school of tetras! much extra intresting and vibrant , i might reccomedn tropical fish
