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About Chris Robbins
Expertise
I have 25+ years of personal experience as a pet
store employee and manager in the family pet store
business. The main part of our business was
Freshwater Fish. I can answer questions on; Fish care, diseases,
parasites and fish identification, feeding your
fish, breeding and sexing your fish, setting up
your aquarium, cleaning your aquarium, and
"what`s this weird stuff in my tank/on my
fish" questions. I am not an African Cichlid expert, Plant expert or Brackish Expert. No Pond or Saltwater Questions Please.
Experience
I worked in and managed my family's fish and pet and fish store for 26 years and maintained the 35 aquariums. My experience also has included occasional in-home consultation and aquarium maintenance for my clients.
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You are here: Experts > Animals/Pets > Pet Fish > Fish > eyes have swelled up
Expert: Chris Robbins
Date: 3/14/2008
Subject: eyes have swelled up
Question
"Hello sir I have a fish tank of dimension 1.5x1x1.5ft. I have 7 guppies and 2 Mollies and 2 platies. Since last 1 week 3 of my guppies have developed red swollen eyes and one with the severe problem has stoppedeating. I feed them 2 times a day almost 3 to 4 each and on alternate days I feed them shrimp once. I clean my tank once in a month.
Please give me a solution. I will eagerly waiting for your answer.
Answer
Hi Abhijeet;
It sounds like popeye. With redness there may be a bacterial infection in the fish. Here is a web page about it with treatment options;
http://www.flippersandfins.net/pop-eye.htm
I hope they feel better soon. Your fish would have much healthier immune systems if you made weekly water changes of 25% and vacuumed the gravel weekly too. Guppies, mollies and platies just really need very clean water to stay healthy. Breeders change part or all the water daily in their tanks to keep them growing and strong. Fresh clean water more often really does help.
At Your Service;
Chris Robbins
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