Friend's betta has pop-eye

[Synirr]

One of my friends, who I have recently converted to a fishaholic, has a betta that has developed pop-eye. Is Melafix a good treatment for it, and if not, what it? I told her I'd let her have some of my fish medicines to treat him, I just need to know which one(s) to let her borrow

 

[cometcattle]

Popeye in usually caused by poor water conditions. I would try a large water change and leave the lights off for 24 hours.

If that doesnt work, I would add maracyn and melafix.

 

[f250fisherman]

Yep . Water change, use Maracyn,Maracyn-Two, or Tetracycline.

 

[Netherways]

Is the fish in a tank of its own? A Gourami of mine recently died of pop-eye after the other fish seemed to like nudging this new found protrusion from the poor animal...the pop-eye eventually "popped" due to this and so If ever I saw symptoms on my fish again I would make sure they were on their own.

Cheers,

Alex

 

[wuvmybetta]

True, it does come from poor water quality,but there are other thngs that can cause it. One being rough handling....my red hm busted out with popeye after he took a four foot tumble from my hands and into a waiting container full of water on the floor. It was an excellent shot mind you but I heard him thud onto the side of the container on his way down,the next day he had popeye. I used colloidal silver and it was gone the next day.