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Question
my favorite blue ciclid fish has one big cloody swollen eye i pulled fish out rubbed the eye i think eyeball dropped out completly on floor can't find it   i think fish is alright but would like to treat  thanks

Answer
Hi George,
  Yikes!   When a fish's eye is cloudy that usually means that it has been bitten.  If the fish is left alone, the eye will typically heal in a couple of weeks.  Once the eyeball has dropped out, there isn't much you can do about that.  

-- Ron
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