DROPSY!?!? Help!
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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SpockthePuffer
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Re: DROPSY!?!? Help!
I'm sorry to hear that. Do the other fish show any signs of sickness?
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Troender
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Re: DROPSY!?!? Help!
I'm sorry for your loss. If it was dropsy, it rarely spread to other fishes, luckily. But it can happen, so keep a close eye on the fishes for a little while.
I'm afraid the battle was lost before you gave him any med. When they get huge, it's only the last stage of the illness, and then it's gone too far. But I have heard of similar cases that wasn't dropsy, and that was curable. Someone I know had several corys that got very big. It was strange, because you wouldn't suspect several corys get dropsy at the same time. Esha 2000 (works against fungus and bacterial infections) cured the condition, to my big surprise (and to our big relief).
I'm afraid the battle was lost before you gave him any med. When they get huge, it's only the last stage of the illness, and then it's gone too far. But I have heard of similar cases that wasn't dropsy, and that was curable. Someone I know had several corys that got very big. It was strange, because you wouldn't suspect several corys get dropsy at the same time. Esha 2000 (works against fungus and bacterial infections) cured the condition, to my big surprise (and to our big relief).
Inger Anne
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zombiefetus
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Re: DROPSY!?!? Help!
Argh. One of my other fish is acting weird. I noticed yesterday she had a sore on one of her sides and I hurried to clean out my hospital tank out and get it set up. I let it run with the extra filter from the tank she's in now and let the temp. adjust before putting her in. Before I moved her I noticed she was swimming strangely. I panicked thinking it was somehow ammonia poisoning, but my ammonia is at 0. My next thought is swim bladder, so I offered her peas yesterday. She refused to eat them, so now I'm starving her for a few days and trying again later. What is with my fish lately???
I have no idea where the gash on her came from, and I'm really frustrated. I think today I'm going to take out all the decor and go to the LFS and buy some better lighting, CO2 tablets, fertilizer, and a ton of live plants.
I have no idea where the gash on her came from, and I'm really frustrated. I think today I'm going to take out all the decor and go to the LFS and buy some better lighting, CO2 tablets, fertilizer, and a ton of live plants.
