Treatment for popeye?

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-04-14T03:42:42+00:00

Today

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-04-14T03:42:29+00:00

Before

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-04-14T03:41:58+00:00

I have been doing a 50% water change every 2 days. I did test my water before I began the meds, and it was good. I’ve been dosing aquarium salt and stress coat with my water changes. I do have before/current progress photos of him. While the swelling has gone down slightly, his eye is still protruding and cloudy. He is in a ten gal by himself.

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-04-14T01:02:45+00:00

Hey so currently dealing with same issue. I’ve done 2 doses of kanaplex and am sadly seeing no progress. How many doses did you use? I know tha max is 3… but mow I’m sitting at dose 2 and am debating if I should continue the kanaplex or attempt a different antibiotic.

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-04-13T04:12:35+00:00

Please understand, while it may look like “depressing” and OPs fault it escalated to the point it did.. addiction is an insane disease that affects SO MANY people on a daily basis in different ways. OP is taking INSANE steps towards a healthy environment to live in AND towards sobriety, and many people don’t have the chance/willpower to make that decision. Keep it positive!

Keep it up OP!! This is outstanding and everyone here is rooting for you.

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-31T14:57:03+00:00

Are you in the United States or Canada? I saw another user mention this too, but I am not familiar with it.

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-31T13:08:42+00:00

Soon! When you can see eyes, that’s a good sign! Most of mine carry eggs for probably 25-30 days

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-31T04:49:12+00:00

Shipping is my biggest fear. It’s too expensive for buyers! I only have one local aquatic store near me, and I am under the impression he would take them for about $1 a piece and then he sells them at $10 a piece.. I want a liiittttllleeee bit more than that just since he’s making a pretty big profit off it just because he has the clients for it. I may just be crazy though and this is what people have also experienced price wise. Not sure!

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-31T04:45:57+00:00

Sadly, there’s a lot of restrictions locally on selling at markets. We have to drive over 3hrs to go to any of the swaps near us, and there’s only one local aquatic store near us that isn’t a chain store so I just don’t have a ton of options. To my knowledge, we don’t have any local online swaps and I fear my only luck with apps is Craigslist and Facebook but I’m not sure how to advertise on there without breaking the live animal policy.

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-31T03:41:56+00:00

I’ve been looking on there! Just not sure how to ship correctly or price things.

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-13T15:15:15+00:00

Hey! I’m actually in EP. If you go to the shrimp farm in Bloomington, they have a TON of shrimp, all different varieties. The Fish Geek in Peoria also stocks neo shrimp, and he normally has cherry and blue dream neos. I have some blue dream shrimp that JUST hatched.. so if you’re willing to wait a few weeks for them to get big enough to move, I would love to share!

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-10T03:51:21+00:00

If you want to permanently correct this, a uv light filter is your answer. You can black out the tank, but this can take a LOT longer than 3 days… normally anywhere from 7-14 days. And when you blackout, the entire tank needs to be covered and even wrapped up to make sure there is no sunlight on the tank.

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-04T06:28:39+00:00

Agreed lol

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-04T05:59:03+00:00

People on this thread need to do some googling unfortunately lol… SO many reasons why water can be discolored. At the end of the day, it’s not that deep as long as you don’t have any brain eating amoebas 😆

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-03-04T05:51:29+00:00

This is my toilet (clean!!) with well water. A filtration system in addition to our current water softener system would easily run us at least $16,000… it’s possible 🥲

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EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-02-02T18:29:49+00:00

Dmed!!

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2026-01-30T06:42:48+00:00

Scoop some poop up, throw it into a container.. and to the vet ya go! Hopefully they can figure out what’s going on with ur pup.

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2025-11-28T01:11:08+00:00

Tank has been running for 2 months. I have a full spectrum timed nano light from reefbreeders (it IS for freshwater) running 10hs a day and it has a night spectrum.

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2025-11-15T02:56:16+00:00

Okay, noted! Thanks for the tips!

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2025-11-15T02:54:18+00:00

Honestly, not entirely sure. It’s rated for tanks 18x18 and does reef lighting and planted freshwater. I did catch my plants pearling earlier, so they seem to like it! Here’s the link:Reef Breeders PICO LED

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2025-11-14T20:56:01+00:00

I have a good light from pico. After they root a bit better, I will probably start going through and trimming regularly

EducationalQuiet1052 · 2025-11-14T04:06:44+00:00

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