Dropsy

[smurfyy_2k3]

1 of my clownloaches has what i suspect to be droopsy i know this often proves fatal so is there anything i can so to help i have no salt/meds and the lfs is closed should i just euthanise him

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

1 of my clownloaches has what i suspect to be droopsy i know this often proves fatal so is there anything i can so to help i have no salt/meds and the lfs is closed should i just euthanise him

If the LFS is open tomorrow , why not wait a few hours and check with them ?

Suppose it isnt dropsy ?

 

[WILDER]

Don't know how you know it's dropsy as they are scaless fish so won't seen the pine coning.
Do you mean the fish looks bloated as that can mean a number of things, try some shelled peas on the fish as it could be consipation, what do you feed your fish.
Can the fish maintain it's balance in the water.

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

cant keep it balance at all and its spine is all twisted i feed flake, plec tablets, blood worm, brineshrimp, they had peas yesterday, tropical quintet, and anything else i can find

 

[max11180]

spine distortion sounds more like internal bacteria to me..balance - swim baldder problem... Is it a normal shape in the belly region, or is it sunk upwards, like arched inwards? also is it relatively skinny?

Could be a nasty case of internal bacteria! not the easiest thing to treat really, if the loach is still eating then you are in with a chance tho.

Any chance of posting your tank dimensions, and water parameters? oh and current tankmates?

 

[WILDER]

Yes i would put the fish down it's not going to make it. Sorry.
Twisted spines can also mean fish tb.

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

hes dead

is fish tb contagious (sp)

 

[max11180]

it can be highly contagious.. im guessing you've removed him already, which was the best thing to do really - if the other fish had started eating him, it would been very bad news..

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

it can be highly contagious.. im guessing you've removed him already, which was the best thing to do really - if the other fish had started eating him, it would been very bad news..

i separated himbefore he died is there anything i can do to help stop it traveling through the tank

 

[max11180]

it could be worth a quick treatment of anti bacteria, internal and external, prevention is better than cure after all... if the other fish were a relative distance from it, then you could be ok, fish that were consistently close to it will be most likely to be affected, watch them imparticular..
Other than that it's a waiting game really just double, and triple check behaviours, colouration, and feeding habits for a week.

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

ok thanks for your help

 

[WILDER]

http/www.4qd.org/Aqua/disease/tb.html

R.I.P.

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

that link was very very helpful thank you