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Almost surely popeye... the other eye is now affected and he's getting worse.

Day 2 of medigold antibacterial food.

I'm going to treat the tank - risking further water problems.

Would you guys treat with Maracyn Plus or a combo of maracynI and II?

Thanks.

Karrie

Good point Emma - don't change the carbon if you are medicating.

Nice catch there. (I mentioned carbon in response to possible toxins from a filter fix).

Disregard my previous post : )

Karrie

I'm sorry too :( I'm new to loaches and never had ich - but have had to deal with a lot with my other tanks. I would put in fresh carbon into the filter - carbon loses its effectiveness very quickly - less than a month I hear. This might help. Keep up with your water changes. I had a problem with my...

Shari - thanks for your reply! : ) I never thought it could be popeye until reading that article you linked. I'll start researching that now. This sentence in the article describes it perfectly "You may see a large ring of white “skin” around the base of the eye. This tough tissue, that helps to hol...

THere is white showing up under his other eye today.

I've done hours of searching online and i've found absolutely nothing.

I've started them on medigold antibacterial food.

Any ideas at all???

Hey guys, I'm new to loaches. I've got two three inch guys in a 20 gallon quarantine tank. They've been in there about a month. Just the two of them. I normally QT all my fish for thirty days. The problem is one of them has developed a white bkuster under an eye today. It looks milky white and not f...