Sick niger trigger with popeye please help urgenf

[Reefer3]

Hi , im in need of help, my Niger triggerfish has been inside a hole in live rock for more then a week and has not eaten anything for more then a week he came out of his hole this morning with both eyes bulging out his eyes arent grey but have their normal coloration but he is blind to both eyes so I went to a local fish store and bought penacillin antibiotic tablets i put him into a isolation tank and put the dosage needed , i orally fed him and he eat ,he is moving around but cannot see , is their a chance he will regain his eyesight with treatment in a few days or is their no chance , thank you

 

[Reefer3]

I forgot to mention water parameters good , he is moving his eyeballs, and I am keeping the water temp at 80

 

[TheTodd]

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe if the fish is really blind at this point, it will likely not get its vision back. If the loss of sight is due to the eye condition, then sight gets better as the eyes get closer to normal. I had an Annularis angel years ago that had this and it looked really bad for a while, but it cleared up and was totally fine afterwards. Lived several years after with no problems.

 

[Reefer3]

Thank you very much for the reply, but his are clear and he has blue pigmentation like all triggers do, and he's able to normally move the eyes

 

[Reefer3]

He has no cloudiness in his eyes

 

[TheTodd]

So was he blind before this all happened? I don't recall my angel's eyes being cloudy, just really popped out. He looked like his vision was pretty bad, but he was able to get food.

 

[Reefer3]

No he wasn't blind before the popeye, and his eyes are clear he's moving them can eat , but he can't see the food , and his are bulging out

 

[Reefer3]

Here he is