slash Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 I got 2 oscars today from hamilton, transported in a container with a pacu as well. all 3 in one pretty big container (chilly bin size) big One of the oscars has a eye popping out, i researched this and found there are many symptoms but found hardly any cure ideas? do u guys have any treatments to cure this? I got them (only 3) in my newly setup 170cm x 50 x 52 tank, has only air bubbles, big drift wood, a 301 pump head and a 300w heater keeping them at 27-28*c . any help would be great thanks. Iam going to add plants and such later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 I hope you have an endless supply of plant as you will probably need it with oscars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 yeah, i found out they dig and such, so i guess itll have to be a rock design. seems the previous owner didnt have the best maintance for them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash Posted December 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 is it ok to put my small pleco in this tank with big mates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 It should be fine. Depends on the personality of the oscar - I've had small bottom feeding fish (8cmish) in with oscars before and things have been fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 How is that oscars eye looking? I was given a couple of young oscars to look after for a while which i nicknamed Brutus and Ethel. Ethel developed a popped out eye and we spent oodles on treatments for her (feeling guilty as they weren't ours, we were only babysitting) But she never came right. She completly lost her eye andit eventually killed her. In the mean time we have been given "custody" of Brutus and he now lives in our 2 meter long tank with our freaky oscar, Fat Head. Which also proves that sometimes you can introduce oscars to each other successfully! :bounce: Keep us updated about how your oscar gets on. Hopefully your one doesn't meet the same fate that Ethel did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash Posted December 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 the oscars eye is stil popd does this mean that it will die for certain as i havent read any about saving them.?? i only got these 3 + big apple snail on tuesday, yesterday i went and bought one cf100 auqaone canister and another cf1200 canister filters, also bought the pond master clarifier. i noticed like 1-2 holes on the poped eye fish, today seems smaller , also they dont seem to eat wheni put food in, sometimes goes close but then goes back away from it. i use the protien sticks, any recommended foods? i hope things work out for the fish , added metaflex and stresszyme for feed the filter, also the pleco didnt seem to do too well in the big tank, kept running away when the oscars got closer, the pacu did nothing thou, so i returned it to its home (community tank) , also i read somwhere that i should have eiter 1 oscar or 6 oscars, anything bettween 2 and 5 will cause trouble within each other, mine seem to do fine, but should i just get 4 more incase? (later on) ? any help would be appreciated ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Pop eye cannot be cured, some believe it is a fluid build up behind the eye caused by poor water conditions/environment. Doesn't necessarily mean the fish will die. Have a look for pop eye on google. I had a neon once that had it so doesn't just affect these big fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monaro1 Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 just keep all conditions in good order, oscars that dont eat, never seen that before,thay may take a few days to settel in.i have a gourami that had the eye pop out complety,he is still alive, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash Posted December 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 hw long ago was his eye poped out? (gourami) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash Posted December 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 i went to the lfs, they said to add a teaspoon of tonic salt per 5gals, there was a remedy for this to cure pop eye but the demand in nz was very weak so no one markets them . might be able to buy online.. ill have to get the name again (forgot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 The first site I read said to hit it with a fish antibiotic. I hear they're only available through the vet in NZ. I am so tempted to fill my suitcase with Maracyn and Maracyn-II before I come back home from the U.S., but I really don't want to have to attempt to explain to Customs why I felt the need to import half a suitcase of fish antibiotics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash Posted December 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 any1 know any good sites that i can purchase this product from? or should i jsut go to the vet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 I seem to recall that popeye is caused by a bacteria producing gas and oscars and angels are prone to it. If that is the case you would use an antibiotic but I am not sure which one as they are all restricted meds. One book I have advises using " the progressive salt treatment" which is putting the fish into a seperate container and progressivel increasing the salt up to about 0.5% over a day or two. Sea water is often more effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 i went to the lfs, they said to add a teaspoon of tonic salt per 5gals, That amount you may as well throw it over your shoulder for the use it will do. We (NZKA) often use salt as a preventative to disease in our tanks at 1tspn per gallon, so what 1tspn per 5 gallons is going to do I have no idea?? I don't think it would worry snails at that ratio. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monaro1 Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 slash my gourami lost his eye about 6/8 months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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