My betta has Pop Eye. I do not really know how he got it.
Is it easy to care for and what steps do I need to take in order to avoid him getting it again?
Most common cause is from poor water quality and very rare cases of nitrogen supersaturation, nutritional deficiencies, injury or tumor.
Often popeye can be the first sign of a bacterial infection and soon the symptom of dropsy may show up.
A natural treatment is Epsom salt 1tsp/gal along with 100% daily water changes for 10 days.
Then maintaining quality water with frequent water changes.
The epsom salt can help with symptoms by decreasing edema/swelling and the antibacterial/fungal properties, however, if no improvement within 5-7 days or he starts to get worse you may want to add a broad spectrum antibiotic, I don't use OTC medication so I can't advise on uses.
I've successfully treated pop-eye with Jungle Fungus Clear for 5 days. However your tank is much too small to use any OTC medication. I believe your tank is .5 gallons and most OTC meds are for uses in 10 gallons (I use 1/2 the dose in a 5 gallon hospital tank).
I am going to get a new and larger tank tomorrow. I will start the treatment for pop eye then.
Thank you very much.
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