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Hello, my betta is suffering from popeye. I believe (now) it is from a physical injury since it’s unilateral but I wanted to post here to be sure. I have a planted cycled 20G that was looking worse for wear when I discovered the popeye. However, I know the injury showed up overnight since I feed him in the mornings and evenings and he skipped a night, which is when I discovered it in the morning. I didn’t test the water, before I cleaned the entire tank to just be safe in case it was a bacterial infection. I put him in a quarantine tank and dosed him with API Erythromycin before on the third day i noticed some red scales near his fin. (He has red on him naturally so it was difficult to notice). But his eye did go down in swelling from the Erythromycin. I put him back in his tank after I discovered it was more physical and to give him a stress break. I was wondering if I should go ahead and give him an epsom salt bath or if I should just give him clean water/almond leaves to get the swelling down naturally. I’m worried about stressing him out too much since I don’t really have an idea on how to get him out without a net because he is very fast/jumpy.
