fish with dropsy!

daniella3d · #1 11-09-2010, 05:37 PM

I have a bangai cardinal that has started to develop what looks like dropsy. Scales are raised away from the body and his belly is all swollen. He looks kind of puffy and does not eat anylonger. I am not sure what to do.

Would hyposalinity remove the excess fluid in his body?

I have hime for 2 months now and he's about 2 year old. Was tank raised. He was in quarantine for a month and was in perfect health, and no addition to the main tank recently as I always do 4 weeks quarantine.

What can this be? internal infection? kidney failure?

naesco · #2 11-09-2010, 08:10 PM

Probably a vibrio bacterial infection.
Really tough!
You can try a neomycin based medication which IME is the only thing that works in saltwater applications.

daniella3d · #3 11-09-2010, 09:15 PM

Intreresting. If it's the case then I wonder how it cought that.

all I have is kanamycine for now but I will see if I can order some. I am not sure the fish is going to last much longer. It need immediate releive and it does not eat, so not good.

Though I read that neomycin is for external infections?

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Originally Posted by naesco

Probably a vibrio bacterial infection.
Really tough!
You can try a neomycin based medication which IME is the only thing that works in saltwater applications.

MMAX · #4 11-09-2010, 10:10 PM

I had one of my big comet goldfish in my pond develop dropsy back in August. He stopped eating and just sat there looking like a pine cone. I ended up just scooping him out of the water with my hand and euthanized him. I read up on the disease before doing so and when they go into this state it's an almost garunteed death sentance. Kidney failure.

daniella3d · #5 11-09-2010, 10:47 PM

Yes it's kindey problem because they have water retention because they can't expluse the water any longer. The only thing I could do to releive him would be to put him in hyposalinity and that would probably only delay the inevitable.

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Originally Posted by MMAX

I had one of my big comet goldfish in my pond develop dropsy back in August. He stopped eating and just sat there looking like a pine cone. I ended up just scooping him out of the water with my hand and euthanized him. I read up on the disease before doing so and when they go into this state it's an almost garunteed death sentance. Kidney failure.

daniella3d · #6 11-14-2010, 02:06 AM

Fish is dead. It was not eating and I found it this morning resting on the sand. RIP.