goldfishjr
Goldfish Supporter
Posts: 72
Posted: 5/7/02 6:37 pm
bubble eye concern/question
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I have a bubble eye with one sac POPPED! What should i do? Should i seperate, medicate, etcc..? last time this happened to me the fish died. Also how long is the typical REPAIR of the sac? (back to normal)
thanks
goldfishjr
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fishfaye20
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Posts: 26
Posted: 5/7/02 6:40 pm
Re: bubble eye concern/question
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Do u know how it popped? From an other fish??
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kokopalee
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Posted: 5/7/02 6:40 pm
Re: bubble eye concern/question
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What are his companions? and how big is the tank?
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fishfaye20
I buy my fish at nnnnnn
Posts: 27
Posted: 5/7/02 6:50 pm
Re: bubble eye concern/question
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I know your goldie didn't loose its whole eye though. I'd think the fish would be fine, but if a fish before has died of this, then I really don't know! Koko should be able to help you more than I can!! Sorry! But i found this!!
Eye Loss Occasionally this does occur. The eye may be lost due to a fight with another fish, or running into a sharp object. The eye may become detached from the socket leaving the fish blind. The loss of an eye is not necessarily traumatic for the fish. They can still live a relatively normal life with only one eye.
Symptoms: The fish's eye is detached from the socket or is punctured. The fish may have depth perception problems when swimming or eating.
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goldfishjr
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Posts: 73
Posted: 5/7/02 8:26 pm
Re: bubble eye concern/question
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no, theres many other goldies in the tank with it, they don't seem to be bothering him so far. It's a 75G. Im already treating a case (BAD) of protruding eye(popeye?) in my 29G hospital tank with tetracycline. Should i put him in that tank with the medicine or leave him?
darn bubbles,
goldFishJR
NEW Goldfish? Where, Where?
No, a 24" Oranda Does Exist and I'll Find It, Someday, Somehow!
Honey, I'm pretty sure the Atlantic will fit
One goldfish to his tankmate:
"If there's no God, who changes the water?"
GoldFish do great in bowls, Oscars are perfect tank mates for goldies, no a puffer won't attack your Snail. What? A Filter? and Air? NO, you don't need all that. Petco Rep.
The *Solution* to *Pollution* is *Dilution*!
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kokopalee
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Posted: 5/7/02 8:31 pm
Re: bubble eye concern/question
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I would leave him. placing him in a tank with meds that wont do a good thing for him just stress him out/ I would add Melafix to the main tank this will help everyone else in ther too
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Billius
I own a fish bowl
Posts: 7
Posted: 5/8/02 5:29 pm
RE
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I would put it in a hospital tank, use some melafix, and it should heal very quickly.
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Florissa
Goldfish Disease Moderator
Posts: 905
Posted: 5/8/02 5:35 pm
Re: RE
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DO NOT SEPARATE HIM!!!
My bubble eye's sac popped and it grew back fine. Separating him from the other's will just stress him out. I am so stressing this because I too was worried about it when it popped but it won't hurt the other fish (meaning the fluid in the sac) and it will grow back all on it's own. Sometimes it won't grow back fully, but mine's did
Also, melafix is not needed as long as it heals within a reasonable time frame. It took my bubble eye about 4 weeks to heal competely. I didn't use any meds, just make sure that the water quality is perfect so that there is no way an infection can happen
~Sara~
Edited by: Florissa at: 5/8/02 4:37:53 pm
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alvin
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Posts: 38
Posted: 5/8/02 10:52 pm
re:
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My bubble eye had both of his bubble sacs pop. When they got really big, he bacame a really clumsy swimmer.
He bumped into the filter intake and it sucked his bubble sac in.
I put him in a quarantine tank and used melafix for a few days to keep the injurie from becoming infected and from fungus. In about 3 days, I noticed that the bubble sac started to regrow. It grow slowly and his didn't grow back perfectly. But he survived.
I really, really recommend Melafix for injuries.
ALvin
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goldfishjr
Goldfish Supporter
Posts: 74
Posted: 5/11/02 10:19 am
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the fishy died just like the last one. ahhh I don't know whether or not I want another bubble face. They are tooooo fragile.
thanks
GoldFishJr
NEW Goldfish? Where, Where?
No, a 24" Oranda Does Exist and I'll Find It, Someday, Somehow!
Honey, I'm pretty sure the Atlantic will fit
One goldfish to his tankmate:
"If there's no God, who changes the water?"
GoldFish do great in bowls, Oscars are perfect tank mates for goldies, no a puffer won't attack your Snail. What? A Filter? and Air? NO, you don't need all that. Petco Rep.
The *Solution* to *Pollution* is *Dilution*!
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jsrtist
Goldfish Supporter
Posts: 1039
Posted: 5/11/02 12:53 pm
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Aw, I'm so sorry to hear this.
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fishfaye20
I feed my goldies peaches
Posts: 78
Posted: 5/11/02 2:30 pm
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I'm sorry. I wonder why your bubble eye died. Does anyone know what could have gone wrong??
*~Faye~*
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Florissa
Goldfish Disease Moderator
Posts: 946
Posted: 5/11/02 4:11 pm
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I am not sure but from my experience with bubble eye's they aren't that fragile. Did he get an infection? Popping one of his sacs could not have done it.
~Sara~
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massmacada
My tank is overcrowded
Posts: 149
Posted: 5/11/02 7:58 pm
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I understand you. My bubble eye died from eye-sac poped too. I'm sorry. Hope you feel better soon.
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ranchu
Goldfish Supporter
Posts: 236
Posted: 5/12/02 10:42 am
Re: bubble eye concern/question
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goldfishjr, let me know if you got my email
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alvin
I didn't cycle my tank
Posts: 53
Posted: 5/12/02 11:21 pm
re:
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My bubble eye popped one of his bubble twice and survived. I don't think it died as a direct result of it. It might be something else. Maybe some sort of infection from something in the water.
Alvin
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