Bulging eyes

[vampregrl]

I have a platty that isn't looking to good.

It looks as if her eyes are being pushed out a little bit and I've gone through the disease page but my tank water is fine... it's not over crowded and none of the other fish are showing symptoms like this.

Is there anything else that can cause it?

I have a 10g tank with:

3 female guppies
1 male guppie
1 endler
1 rainbow shark
4 ghost shrimp
2 female platties
1 male plattie

Oh and I think I might have a baby guppie some where in there LOL.
I know my tank isn't over crowded, I'm right at the limit for my size.

I just can't figure out what would make her sick all of a sudden. Everyone else is fine.

I've had her for about a week or so

 

[WILDER]

Your'e slightly overstocked there for a 10 gal, the fish has popeye and you will need to use an anti internal bacteria med by interpet, you will have to issolate the fish for treatment or remove the ghost strimp.

 

[vampregrl]

The rule is 1 inch per gallon and i'm within that range with my fish.

My shrimp sure don't do much, they take up as much room as a rock would.

My endler is like half an inch.

 

[sylvia]

The one inch per gallon GUIDELINE (please people - it isn't a 'rule' - that wasn't aimed at you, just trying to start a revolution ) is based upon adult fish sizes so you are over-stocked.

Anyway, for the time being you'll be ok. Just be prepaired to up-grade pretty soon. All those fish grow quite quickly.

Your fish will need treatment with an anti-internal bacteria medication as mentioned. Isolate it or take out the invertabrates as it will most likely kill them. Make sure the medication won't effect your biological filtration or your tank will re-cycle. Best way to avoid this is to move the infected platy to a quarantine tank (or heated bucket, with airstone or daily water changes) and treat it there.

 

[vampregrl]

What will happen if she stays in the tank? Will this pass on to the other fish?

 

[WILDER]

Popeye is an indication of poor water quality and an indication of other infections than a desease in it's self, popeye is closely related to dropsy, see if it is water quality first, I would medicate in the tank if you can't issolate the fish.

 

[vampregrl]

My water is perfect.

 

[Shizat]

One of my female mollies got popeye about 3 weeks ago and managed to get over it on its own which took about a week and a half.

 

[sylvia]

Pope-eye is an internal bacterial infection. Like dropsy, the bacteria multiply inside the fish. In dropsy, the result is eventualy pushed-out pinecone scales. With pop-eye, it is the eyes that are affected and pushed out from the socket. It CAN be passed on to the other fish but you can treat in that tank if you have no means of isolating the affected fish. My main worry with treating in the tank is that your biological filtration may be negatively affected.