[AquaticLife] Molly spining
Pop-eye (protruding eyes) is generally a symptom of an internal bacterial infection.
When you say “spining around himself”, do you mean he is having trouble swimming without going in circles? This could also be bacteria related.. usually related to an internal bacterial infection that is affecting the swim bladder.
I know you don’t have access to a lot of the medicines that are available to some of us so do a search for what might be available in your area for anti-biotic foods. If you can quarantine the fish, that would be best. If you can’t find any antibiotic foods, then you will have to treat the water column.
Do you have access to MelaFix and PimaFix? They are “natural” (based on Tea Tree Oil and Bay Tree Oil) treatments made by API - Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Melafix is an antibacterial and Pimafix is an antifungal but when combined, they provide a much stronger antibacterial treatment and I have used them in combination to successfully treat pop-eye in a Gourami that I adopted several years ago that wasn’t eating so I couldn’t use antibiotic food.
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