Please help! Goldfish eye filled with blood. Urgent.

[mariepetfield]

Hi!

I’m in desperate need of help. My goldfish is a telescope fancy. He seemed fine last night. He now has dark/blood filling his eye, not just the pupil but the entire telescope bubble. What happened? Can I treat this? He’s always swimming funny, settling upsetting down and breathing fast.

Thanks!

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[Colin_T]

Just put it in a quarantine tank with nothing that can injure it and give it a few days to see if it heals.

 

[aqua.land]

I'm no expert but from my research it may be from a fight/injury, but if he is the only goldfish then that's unlikely.
Goldfishes get eye sores, bulging eyes from bacterial infections...
Definitely quarantine your fish, and if you were to get a new fish/set of fish, clean that tank very thoroughly.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Also dont hold fishes out of water as it might cause injury or stress even more, just put it in QT tank and do 75% water changes everyday he'll be fine.