Suggestions for treating popeye?

[Inkweaver313]

Hi guys!

I recently rescued a black Moore goldfish a friend of mine was keeping in a fish bowl. They had him for about a year before asking if I’d take him. By the time I got him he had a pretty nasty case of popeye and some pretty obvious signs of ich.

I now have him alone in a 30 gallon tank. We’ve resolved the ich problem and he’s been nice and settled in his tank for about 4 months now. The popeye won’t go down.

I’ve been treating with melafix and the occasional salt treatment. I do weekly water changes and his parameters are consistent. The ammonia is 0, nitrites 0 and nitrates < 5-10 ppm. His eyes aren’t white or cloudy. I’m not sure what else I could try. Any suggestions?

 

[Colin_T]

Are you sure it's pop-eye?
If you have a goldfish that is a moor variety (black moor, red moor), their eyes naturally stick out.

Any chance of a picture of the fish?
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The best treatment for pop-eye is clean water. Doing a 75% water change and gravel cleaning the substrate every day for a couple of weeks will usually fix the problem. If that doesn't work you can add salt and if all else fails, you use anti-biotics. But you only use anti-biotics if it is a known bacterial infection that has not responded to normal fish medications.