I posted before the boards switched over... I need opinions on how to treat the eye.
I originally thought it was popeye. It's just the one eye, which which generally signifies an injury. Well today I noticed there is a scratch/tear that going up into the socket of the eye. I'm assuming this is the original injury and the swelling has finally allowed me to see it. The scratch/tear does not touch the pupil. But the eye appears to be fluid filled. And he cannot see too well out of it. It looks normal colour ect... no white rings or film, bubbles or spots of any kind.
I don't want to throw meds in there if it's just an injury.
I've been told to treat with salt. That it will drain the fluid from the eye. How much salt per gallon? I have no idea how much to put in. Any help in that arena would be great.
Also I have a 4-line Pictus in the aquarium with the baby Oscar. Would he be able to handle the salt treatment? I've used a small amount of salt with the 4-line before, but it was only 1 teaspoon per 5g. Which was to treat his wounds when he was torn up by another fish. He did fine with that concentration of salt. But would that be enough to treat the Oscar's eye?
If not I could move the Pictus to a 10g for the duration of the salt treatment. He should be ok with small daily water changes until the Oscar's eye goes down. I'd rather leave the oscar be and not move him around too much so I don't cause anymore trauma to the eye.
Any help would be great.. I don't know how to proceed.
Just salt and Melafix possibly?
I originally thought it was popeye. It's just the one eye, which which generally signifies an injury. Well today I noticed there is a scratch/tear that going up into the socket of the eye. I'm assuming this is the original injury and the swelling has finally allowed me to see it. The scratch/tear does not touch the pupil. But the eye appears to be fluid filled. And he cannot see too well out of it. It looks normal colour ect... no white rings or film, bubbles or spots of any kind.
I don't want to throw meds in there if it's just an injury.
I've been told to treat with salt. That it will drain the fluid from the eye. How much salt per gallon? I have no idea how much to put in. Any help in that arena would be great.
Also I have a 4-line Pictus in the aquarium with the baby Oscar. Would he be able to handle the salt treatment? I've used a small amount of salt with the 4-line before, but it was only 1 teaspoon per 5g. Which was to treat his wounds when he was torn up by another fish. He did fine with that concentration of salt. But would that be enough to treat the Oscar's eye?
If not I could move the Pictus to a 10g for the duration of the salt treatment. He should be ok with small daily water changes until the Oscar's eye goes down. I'd rather leave the oscar be and not move him around too much so I don't cause anymore trauma to the eye.
Any help would be great.. I don't know how to proceed.
Just salt and Melafix possibly?