sobersteve323
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Greetings!
I have a 7 year old goldfish that appears to have popeye in only one eye. I did a little research online and read that if it presents on only one side, it's generally from injury. Is there any way to help heal this?
Here is an abbreviated history of the last couple of weeks in my tank (I'll try to keep it short and simple!):
We have 2 comets and 1 black moor. All were healthy and doing fine until I bought some anacharis from a local fish store. Shortly afterwards, "popeye" stopped eating and began to act as if she was blind. Not only would food float past her face, but she wouldn't even react to my hand/gravel hose as I was cleaning the tank. This is when I think she injured her eye. I was vacuuming the gravel and she got "spooked" when I touched her and darted away and dove into the substrate like she didn't see it coming. Within a day her eye appeared to be swelling and shortly after that ich appeared on the other 2 fish. I've been treating the tank with API's ich medication the last few days and the ich appears to be clearing up but popeye's eye appears to be like a bagel now. The eye is still clear with no cloudiness which leads me to suspect it's a result of injuring herself on the gravel.
Is the ich outbreak related to the goldfish's popeye? Could ich cause a loss of appetite/"blindness" without clouding the eye? Does it seem that the popeye is a result from injury?
Also, I haven’t seen the fish eat for over a week. Is it time to say goodbye?
I've been following this forum for the last few months and I'm amazed at how helpful and knowledgeable everyone is here. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and advice and please let me know if I should provide any other information.
Edit: I can also try to provide some photos when I get home.
I have a 7 year old goldfish that appears to have popeye in only one eye. I did a little research online and read that if it presents on only one side, it's generally from injury. Is there any way to help heal this?
Here is an abbreviated history of the last couple of weeks in my tank (I'll try to keep it short and simple!):
We have 2 comets and 1 black moor. All were healthy and doing fine until I bought some anacharis from a local fish store. Shortly afterwards, "popeye" stopped eating and began to act as if she was blind. Not only would food float past her face, but she wouldn't even react to my hand/gravel hose as I was cleaning the tank. This is when I think she injured her eye. I was vacuuming the gravel and she got "spooked" when I touched her and darted away and dove into the substrate like she didn't see it coming. Within a day her eye appeared to be swelling and shortly after that ich appeared on the other 2 fish. I've been treating the tank with API's ich medication the last few days and the ich appears to be clearing up but popeye's eye appears to be like a bagel now. The eye is still clear with no cloudiness which leads me to suspect it's a result of injuring herself on the gravel.
Is the ich outbreak related to the goldfish's popeye? Could ich cause a loss of appetite/"blindness" without clouding the eye? Does it seem that the popeye is a result from injury?
Also, I haven’t seen the fish eat for over a week. Is it time to say goodbye?
I've been following this forum for the last few months and I'm amazed at how helpful and knowledgeable everyone is here. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and advice and please let me know if I should provide any other information.
Edit: I can also try to provide some photos when I get home.