NIger trigger with pop eye

[daniella3d]

Few days ago I bought a niger trigger which has been in quarantine since then. It had some sort of cloudiness in the eye, but it looked more like internal. I thought it was from the netting and that it would pass but today his eye is sort of swollen and is poping out a little and it is larger than the other eye.

Should I treat it with antibiotics? I have kanamycin. The fish has a great appetite and still eat like a little pig, but I surely cannot let this go.

Will kanamycine work? especialy since he eats I can soak his food in kanamycine, will that work?

Can it be a parasite inside the eye causing the cloudiness? It sort of look like something reflecting the light inside the eye of the fish rather than a cloudiness on the lens outside the eye.

[Lance]

Kananmycin is one of the recommended treatments, although I personally have never used it. I have used Epsom Salts with good results. Is the water quality good? Ammonia, nitrates and high salinity can be causes of Pop Eye. Hope this helps: Good Luck!

[daniella3d]

yes the water quality is number 1. undetectible nitrates, phosphates, ammonia and nitrites. Problem is that the fish was kept at 1.017 at the store and my tank was at 1.023. So I acclimated him during 4 hours from 1.017 to 1.023. Could this have caused the pop eye? if so, should I put him in low salinity with epsom salt?

That's my frag tank and it's been setup for about a year and he's the only fish in there, so water is quite good. All my coral are thrving in there and I do water change 15% every week.


I have added 1 tbs of epson salt in 20 gallons. Is that enough? I have coral in there so I did not want to put more unless it is safe.

Originally Posted by Lance

Kananmycin is one of the recommended treatments, although I personally have never used it. I have used Epsom Salts with good results. Is the water quality good? Ammonia, nitrates and high salinity can be causes of Pop Eye. Hope this helps: Good Luck!

[Lance]

I can't remember the dosage for the salts, but you can find it on the Wet Web Media website. (type in pop eye and/or Epsom Salts in the Search box).
The sudden changes in salinity could very well have caused the problem.

[daniella3d]

I saw the dosage of 1tbs per 10 gallons on WWM but not sure if this is ok with coral in the tank?

I red on WWM that it will be ok for coral at small concentration..not sure if 1 tbs per 10 gallons is considered a "small concentration" though.

Originally Posted by Lance

I can't remember the dosage for the salts, but you can find it on the Wet Web Media website. (type in pop eye and/or Epsom Salts in the Search box).
The sudden changes in salinity could very well have caused the problem.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

I saw the dosage of 1tbs per 10 gallons on WWM but not sure if this is ok with coral in the tank?

I red on WWM that it will be ok for coral at small concentration..not sure if 1 tbs per 10 gallons is considered a "small concentration" though.

I just found a treatment of 1 tbs per 5 gallons is fine in a reef tank, so at 1 tbs per 10 gallons your corals should be fine.