Clownfish with Eye Infection, what to do

[thirty5]

My female maroon clown has an eye infection i think. Can anyone help me out?

 

[marki24]

Well the first thing you should do is get it out of your main tank and put it in a hospital tank. It looks like it has pop-eye its a fungal infection. Go to your local pet store and but medication for pop-eye disease Marycyn 2 i believe it is. Dont wait too long as the disease is contagious. Hope your fish gets better

 

[thirty5]

Thank you. I dont have a hospital tank. I wil have to set up something tomorrow! Thanks for the info.

 

[crox99]

Pop-eye can be caused by several stresses: injury to the eye and bacterial infections are the primary culprits.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Get some garlic guard and soak it's food in it. It may help fight the infection by boosting the imune system.

 

[thirty5]

Get some garlic guard and soak it's food in it. It may help fight the infection by boosting the imune system.

Prob is that i dont think that she can see. I just fed them and food was hitting her in the face...

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

REad jhales Blind Copper banded butterfly thread it should give you some info.

 

[thirty5]

Im a upset. lost the fish this morn. This fish was like 5 years old. Was in a tank for a very long time. he broke down the tank. gave the pair (mated) to my buddy at LFS. then kid who did not know what he was doing split the pair, then we put them back together, then into my tank. I think the stress did it. The Male looks lonely now. I have to find a larger maroon now to pair up with the male.

 

[jhale]

sorry that your clown died. the same thing happened to my copper band. I tried treating it but it's eyesight did not come back. now I'm taking care of a healthy but blind butterfly fish :arg: