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betta eye pop

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Question
what shod I do my fish has eye pop is there any remades


Answer
POP EYE  
Symptoms: One or both eyes protrude from the head in an unusual fashion.


Symptoms of Stress & Disease

Pop Eye General Description
It is commonly caused by excess gas in the system, brought about by super-saturation of gas in high pressure water mains. It can also be associated with Dropsy or Ichthyosporidium. Look for bubbles of gas in the eyes, this indicates the bends, as does nervous upset, distress or just odd movements.

Pop-eye, however, is a condition which causes a fish's eyes to protrude away from the fish's head in an unusual way. Pop-eye is usually caused by septicemia or tuberculosis.

Treated fishes eyes may remain enlarged after treatment since the underlying tissue may remain stretched.  
Pop Eye Treatments
Pop eye is only a symptom of an internal bacterial infection and not a disease in itself. If your fish is still eating, I'd recommend feeding it a medicated (for bacterial infections) food. Otherwise I've had some limited success by combining Naladixic Acid and Kanamycin Sulfate. Pop eye usually appears after the disease is far advanced and difficult to treat.

Placing the afflicted fish into a quarantine tank will allow it time away from its tankmates. Septicemia must be treated immediately if the fish is to survive, and Tuberculosis is extremely serious, and so vetrinary advice is vital. Tuberculosis is sometimes transmittable to humans, and so vetrinary advice is doubly recommended.  
Pop Eye Prevention
No Prevention? Clean water and good water condition will help. Pop-eye can also be caused by hormonal imbalance, for which there is no cure.