Does my fish have pop eye?

[emilyh1491]

His eyes seem to be popping out more than usual, just wanted to get a second opinion on this. Here's a picture:

According to some sources, a cause can be poor water quality. I think it might be the issue and I'm trying to improve it (it's really bad)
Thanks!

 

[jlk]

Welcome to AA!!!

Can you please provide us with some more information so that we can better help you?

Tank size? Stock? Exact numbers for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and ph? Water change schedule? Any/all products and/or chemicals your presently using (ie, water conditioner, salt, meds, ammo-lock, etc)? How long the tank has been running with fish? Thanks!

 

[Sharkfletch]

Yep that's pop-eye... Don't ask me for help though. I can't get it to go away. I've got it on my black moore.

 

[pip walters]

Doesn't look abnormal to me, but keep an eye on it to see if they protrude any more. Pop eye, or exopthalmia, is normaly secondary to other health problems and often associated with loss of condition, such as fin deterioration and loss of weight etc. Your fish looks healthy to me.

 

[Sharkfletch]

I'll have to post a more recent picture of my black moore... I'll take one when I get back home. It's a very sad story, I had him in a tank with a birchir a wile back and he tore him to pieces, almost killed him. Heres a picture after right after I got him his own tank.


Poor guy looks nothing like that now. Almost all the black color is gone, he's almost all orange with black fins, the eye that was almost gouged out has shrunk about half the size of the other one and the one that was fine just recently developed pop-eye and I don't know what to do... He's in rough shape but he's a trooper.

 

[emilyh1491]

I'll have to post a more recent picture of my black moore... I'll take one when I get back home. It's a very sad story, I had him in a tank with a birchir a wile back and he tore him to pieces, almost killed him. Heres a picture after right after I got him his own tank.
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Poor guy looks nothing like that now. Almost all the black color is gone, he's almost all orange with black fins, the eye that was almost gouged out has shrunk about half the size of the other one and the one that was fine just recently developed pop-eye and I don't know what to do... He's in rough shape but he's a trooper.

Aw, best of luck to him. He's a strong fish though, hope he can get through this

 

[Sharkfletch]

I'm sure he will. I only wish I knew more about pop-eye so I could treat him better...

 

[Sharkfletch]

Here he is now.