Naso Help

[gnx87]

today i discovered my naso has a bubble above his 1 eye. it looks like part of the insidde of the top of his eye has bubbled out. anyone know what it is? tank specs are alll fine. i have had this naso for 2 years. He eats fine ever day brine and flake. Color is fine. Any thoughts? thanks

 

[Tremelle]

Sounds like it could be developing pop eye. Eventually the whole eye will bulge out.

 

[howie099]

Sounds like popeye, if you go to like Petsmart and that they sell a organic medicine that is from from tree root that does the job it is in a blue bottle, it will not hurt any corals or inverts. I have used twice on 2 different fish, one clown and my Emperor Angel with no problems and it went away in about 1-2 weeks.

 

[gnx87]

thanks guys, it went away yesterday, but came back today. weird

 

[Tangy1]

Since you've had the Naso for a while you can rule out any type of acclimation problems. If the Naso has been disease free for this time it might just be an anomaly.

When this happened to a tang of mine I let him be and did not medicate. The eye got cloudy and bulged more. It was looking bad. About a week later the eye looked the same and I was about to go to the LFS to find some kinda medication. I've never had medication luck before when treating fish so that's why I procrastinated so long.

The next day the film on the eye started to peel off and the popeye started to abate. In 3 days he was back to a clear eye and an almost normal eye. A few days later it was totally normal. This never happened again.

 

[gnx87]

Well it went away again today. Lets see if it stays away.