Liliana Araoz Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) Well, I got this betta for my 20 gallon long tank. One day later I notice he has an eye swollen, so I treated for Pop eye for 3 days with Maracyn. Question is, how long it takes for it to go away? How do I know the treatment is working? Please send me your best advice... I’d appreciate the help. Should I treat again? This is him today after one week, the swelling doesn’t seem to be gone and I am not sure if it has increased. Also haven’t been able to find out online how long it takes to see any improvement. Water parameters 0 Ammonia, 0 nitrites, around 5 nitrates. Planted tank. Last water change was 2 days ago around 50% I keep him at 79 F He’s been very active the entire time, btw. I’ve been feeding him bug bites, and frozen food. Edited September 28, 2020 by Liliana Araoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 If I remember correctly it took about 10 days for my killifish’s pop eye to completely heal with Maracyn. I followed the directions on the package and I wish you the best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liliana Araoz Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 On 9/27/2020 at 1:05 PM, Struggle said: If I remember correctly it took about 10 days for my killifish’s pop eye to completely heal with Maracyn. I followed the directions on the package and I wish you the best of luck! Did you dose Maracyn for the 10 days? I've been reading that I could even take months to heal... I have no idea how to do or how to proceed, for now I am gonna do the 5 day treatment. I've also read about epsom salt baths, I hope someone can tell me more on this, it's the first time I treat this type of disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I did two full rounds of treatment per the directions on the package. If it hasn’t healed after the first round of treatment I’d start another round immediately. I have never tried epsom salt, sorry I’m no help there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liliana Araoz Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Update on the popeye... After 2 rounds of Maracyn, with one day in between treatments like the box says, he still has unilateral popeye (check his left eye in pics below), no cloudiness, he's very energetic and shows appetite. I read a lot about epsom salt, I've been giving him 15 min epsom salt baths, dissolved 1 tbsp in 1g of his own tank water, then I put him back, I've been doing this for 5 days now, the eye does not look as swollen as before, but it is still swollen. If anyone could help me about what to do now? should I just leave him alone and see if it heals by himself? I've been doing weekly water changes to keep the tank as clean as possible. I attached a pic from 9 days ago or so for comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted October 7, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 7, 2020 This could be a case where there is a fatty tumor behind the eye. In which meds won't do anything and it wouldn't be fatal or anything. It's hard to know with fish unfortunately. If activity level is good and water parameters are good. As long as it's not progressing just give it time and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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