tangs eye bubbled

[Debby]

ok guys was feeding this am and noticed a clear bubble on yellow tangs eye checked water prem.
nitrates-0
nitrites=0
ph-8.2
cal-490
amonia-0
here are some pics

 

[chrome91]

sounds like he bumped his eye on a object. keep your water clean, and if it gets worse, you can quarantine and use meds. if it doesnt get worse, it will likely heal itself

 

[Debby]

Thankyou crome91

 

[Debby]

glad it does not look like popeye to you.

 

[Dentoid]

Debby, it does look like he may have scratched his cornea, but it may lead to pop-eye. Lee should chime in on this and give you some better advice as to how to treat this. Good luck!

 

[chrome91]

yep, it could lead to popeye. good thing though is its most likely not your water, if it was your water it would be in both eyes

i had a damsel with the same thing, when i added him to the tank he freaked out and nailed his eye. his eye bubbled out so bad i thought it would dislodge, and after a week i decided the next day i would try to net him (1" damsel in a 125g, yeah right)

next day, eye completely healed.

 

[Debby]

eye does look better tonite.Mayby get lucky and be gone in a couple of days have spent couple of hours lookin at all rock work to make sure there is nothing poking out real bad.That was inpossible he goes in a lot of openings lol.Again thankyou for your advise..............

 

[leebca]

I would monitor the fish closely. I believe it should improve slowly if it was an injury. I think injury is the most likely cause of what I see.

Be prepared to treat in a QT with an antibiotic in case infection sets in.

 

[Debby]

Thankyou lee today looks like nothing was ever wrong with it.

 

[goldenmacman]

man those are cool pics, never seen that before.. good luck with him!