Clownfish trouble

[AquaMan815]

so i came home from work the other night to find one of my sisters saddleback clowns in her nano tank, with a huge welt upon his eye, the eye itself is still intact, but it is swollen

ive seen this only once on a fish in my marine biologys teachers tank


parasite? what kind of treatment should i do?

 

[davocean]

Maybe popeye.
I would QT w/ meds like maracyn or something.

 

[AquaMan815]

ok, is the anenome safe from the parasite?


i should probably qt both of the saddlebacks

maracyn you say? anything else?

 

[davocean]

Hard to say for sure w/ out pic, but that would be my guess.
I would QT the one w/ eye problem and keep eye on others.
I believe popeye is more of a fungal than parasite.
There are several kinds of meds, just maracyn comes to mind, check w/ LFS for what they have.

 

[AquaMan815]

picture to come soon, stand by

 

[AquaMan815]

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[guitar_lord]

IMO, looks like pop-eye... from my experience this is ususally due to poor water quality. I suggest QT and water changes and it should go away in a couple weeks.

What are your water paramters?

 

[AquaMan815]

it seems to be getting better. but im going to do some water changes and possibly a qt anywayz just to be safe