Betta Eyes Popping Out

Popeye can be a symptom of betta tuberculosis.

Betta eyes popping out. The first signs you will notice is that one or even both eyes are starting to bulge. If left untreated your fish will lose its eye and sight. Betta tuberculosis is incurable and fatal.

If your bettas have eyes looks like telescope fishes there a problem lol. That doesn t really matter. You ll also want to use ampicillin or medications such as erythromycin minocycline trimethoprim or sulfadimidine which are commonly used for fin rot use these if you ve caught the pop eye early.

The most obvious symptom of popeye is one or both eyes popping out. If a betta has indeed contracted tuberculosis it won t be long until it leads to death. Last week you had a seemingly healthy betta fish but now its eyes are buggy foggy and sticking out of its head.

The eyes wont pop out it s just a choice if you like popping eyes or not but. Pop eye in itself is not a disease but is more a symptom of an underlying infection. So the good news is that betta cloudy eye is relatively easy to treat and unlikely to become fatal.

Unfortunately your betta is experiencing a symptom known as popeye in which fluid builds up behind the fish s eye. Epsom salt also known as magnesium sulfate is a great remedy that can be used to remove the fluid built up behind your betta s eyes. As a result the physical eye to swell and bulge and potentially come out of the socket.

The main sign of popeye is a bulging swollen eye. However it can sometimes be caused by a nutrition deficiency or if your betta is old cataracts. Cloudy eye is most likely going to be caused by poor water quality.