Emergency - Swollen eyed Anthias

[Freddybnj]

Hello all, my Anthias must have hit a rock ... (He was chased around the first day... ) He's settled in now but looks like his eye is bad...
I read about dosing 1 TBsp of Epsom salt for every 5 Gallons... I have a 90 gallon.. do I include my sump, 25, and my refuge 15 to the total amount of water volume?
Also, this won't upset my corals, inverts, or other fish, correct?


Thank you.
Freddy

 

[albano]

Looks like ‘pop eye’… IME, if your water quality is good, it should heal without meds.

 

[Freddybnj]

Do you know about how long... it's been a few days now...

 

[Freddybnj]

@albano btw - Thank you.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like an injury that is infected. Treatment is ethromyacin ( Maracyn 1)

 

[Freddybnj]

I have to dose him in a QT tank only, correct? I'll look for videos on how to treat with the med you mentioned and try to put together a QT tank... Thanks

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[vetteguy53081]

QT is best

 

[MIKE NY]

As mentioned if it’s eating in good water quality it should heal on its own. I wouldn’t add epsom salt into the DT with corals for two reasons. It’s basically magnesium sulfate and will upset the balance of Magnesium sulfate and magnesium chloride. It will also raise your magnesium levels. However it does have good healing properties and I would only use it in a hospital tank void of corals. GL….


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[Freddybnj]

Thanks all... I am purchasing a 10-gallon preset tank for qt... should have it soon...
In the meantime, I had a little 2.5-gallon tank... I filled it with DT water and dosed with ES. I put him in for 10 mins then back into the DT... he was quiet the rest of the night but today he's swimming normally... I can't tell if the eye looks better yet... I read that I should do back to back dosing? Should I do it again today for another 10 mins?

 

[Humblefish]

If the eye is still cloudy, I would assume infection and dose erythromycin in the QT.

 

[jjfriscia]

Get some melafix should be fine

 

[Freddybnj]

Both Erythromycin and Melafix need to be dosed in a QT and not the DT?

 

[Humblefish]

Both Erythromycin and Melafix need to be dosed in a QT and not the DT?

Yes

 

[Freddybnj]

Thanks all...