i have a large frontosa that his eye is protruding from his head not if he hit something but was just curious if anyone has had teh problem and what could be teh cause. its not cloudy he is not stressed and is acting normal. i can try and get pics if that will help. thanks for any help.
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You want to start with looking at your water quality. Test the water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and PH. Also check your filters, make sure there's a good strong flow coming out of them and there's no waste build up on the filter media itself.
Try doing daily partial water changes for the next several days using a good quality declorinator. The fish may have scraped the eye against something or it may be a bacterial infection in which case the water changes/water quality improvement could start to turn things around. If after 3-4 days you don't see that the eye is improving, or if you see white or gray fuzzy growth anywhere on the fish and/or the fish's behavior changes in any way, (becomes reclusive, stops eating), then you should begin treatment with an antibiotic ASAP.
Robin
Improving water movement with a jet or additional filter may also help the fish recover.
Try doing daily partial water changes for the next several days using a good quality declorinator. The fish may have scraped the eye against something or it may be a bacterial infection in which case the water changes/water quality improvement could start to turn things around. If after 3-4 days you don't see that the eye is improving, or if you see white or gray fuzzy growth anywhere on the fish and/or the fish's behavior changes in any way, (becomes reclusive, stops eating), then you should begin treatment with an antibiotic ASAP.
Robin
Improving water movement with a jet or additional filter may also help the fish recover.
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