TheDesktopAquarium Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 So today I had just gotten my bloody Mary shrimp in today, she hasn’t really tried to eat any of them. She just pokes around at them, just trying to see what they are. But that’s not important. What’s important is after I finished acclimating my shrimp and put them into the tank. I noticed something was wrong with my betta fish left eye, it looks like there is a bubble around her eye. any guesses to what this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Looks like Popeye to me. A bacterial infection I believe, what are the paremeters @TheDesktopAquarium? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDesktopAquarium Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 On 3/15/2024 at 1:31 PM, Whitecloud09 said: Looks like Popeye to me. A bacterial infection I believe, what are the paremeters @TheDesktopAquarium? Thought as much. Well, I know my pH is 7.5+ my GH should be around 6.0 to 7.5 I keep my temperature around 75°+ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/15/2024 at 8:46 PM, TheDesktopAquarium said: Thought as much. Well, I know my pH is 7.5+ my GH should be around 6.0 to 7.5 I keep my temperature around 75°+ It can be caused by an injury to the eye when it's only affecting one eye it can Also be caused by a bacterial infections as @Whitecloud09 mentioned I would add a low dose of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 7 gallons at that level it shouldn't harm your plants or shrimp and add some Indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties you might have to add one leaf per gallon to get a beneficial effect after 5 days if your seeing no change than I would do a course of maracyn2 it's shrimp safe and it also has anti-inflammatory properties 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Yes,salt first, then medication if needed but exactly like @Colu said, aquarium salt, I don’t see it harming plants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDesktopAquarium Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 On 3/15/2024 at 6:29 PM, Colu said: It can be caused by an injury to the eye when it's only affecting one eye it can Also be caused by a bacterial infections as @Whitecloud09 mentioned I would add a low dose of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 7 gallons at that level it shouldn't harm your plants or shrimp and add some Indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties you might have to add one leaf per gallon to get a beneficial effect after 5 days if your seeing no change than I would do a course of maracyn2 it's shrimp safe and it also has anti-inflammatory properties I added a guava leaf yesterday, at the moment I really don’t have any money for aquarium salt, so I’m hoping that the guava leaf or I might add a jackfruit leaf as well Would help my betta, guava leaves, and jackfruit leaves are small enough to put a whole leaf in my 5 gallon aquarium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2024 at 3:20 AM, TheDesktopAquarium said: I added a guava leaf yesterday, at the moment I really don’t have any money for aquarium salt, so I’m hoping that the guava leaf or I might add a jackfruit leaf as well Would help my betta, guava leaves, and jackfruit leaves are small enough to put a whole leaf in my 5 gallon aquarium Am not familiar with use of guava or jackfruit leaves I don't think the they would have the same effect as Indian almond leaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDesktopAquarium Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 On 3/16/2024 at 6:58 AM, Colu said: Am not familiar with use of guava or jackfruit leaves I don't think the they would have the same effect as Indian almond leaves Guava leaves and jackfruit leaves are very good, they have medicinal properties 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDesktopAquarium Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 On 3/15/2024 at 6:32 PM, Whitecloud09 said: Yes,salt first, then medication if needed but exactly like @Colu said, aquarium salt, I don’t see it harming plants. I have an update, she’s doing a lot better since I put the guava leaf in the aquarium. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 looks like it heading in the right direction hopefully he makes a full recovery @TheDesktopAquarium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 That’s good, hopefully a full recovery and no more sickness during it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDesktopAquarium Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 On 3/26/2024 at 6:59 AM, Whitecloud09 said: That’s good, hopefully a full recovery and no more sickness during it. Yeah she looking a lot better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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