Blue Tang Bulging Eye
 

My blue hippo tang has all of a sudden developed a little bit of a bulged eye. It seems to have a white swollen rim around it. Any suggestions?

Have you added any new fish recently? what is your water paramater?

bulgey eye
 

No new fish, I'll test the parameters today. None of the other fish seem to be effected.

Sounds like pop-eye disease and it should go away over time and is not contagious. Could even be just an injury and will heal up. I wouldn't loose too much sleep over it. I have seen swollen eyes in my tank from both scenarios and it has always cleared up.

reply
 

Feeding with garlic seems to speed up the healing process. :biggrin:

garlic
 

How do you suggest introducing garlic into the food?

Re: garlic
 

you can use something like kents liquid garlic. soak your food in the garlic and some vitamins like zoe or selcon and leave if for an hour or so and then feed to the fish.