Guppy Dropsy

[menacer]

I think one of my Guppies has Dropsy I don't have a hospital tank he has been like it a few days now what can i do?

 

[fluttermoth]

You could try a salt bath (Epsom or aquarium salt, NOT table salt!); 1 tablespoon to 1 gallon of water for 30 minutes. Has the fish started 'pineconing'? If it has there may not be a lot you can do for it

 

[menacer]

Yes its tail is a triangle

 

[menacer]

Does it need to be removed

 

[Paradise3]

It may not be actual dropsy if the fish has been like that for a few days... It could just be bloated which can appear as dropsy but can be easily sorted with epsom salt baths.
Do you have any pictures?

 

[menacer]

No ill get a picture for you now

 

[fluttermoth]

By 'pineconing' I meant, are it's scales standing out from its body like the scales on a pinecone? One that has happened there's very little hope

 

[menacer]

Not allowing it as img here is the link

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No the scales are fine but the tale has gone very slim with no attacks from fish, he just sits on the bottom and tries to swim every so often.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

thats more like a parasite if the fins are clamped i think.

 

[menacer]

Oh is there a cure?

 

[fluttermoth]

That doesn't look like dropsy; more like an internal, bacterial infection. A course of Myxazin would be good (do it anyway, even if the fish dies as the others may have already picked it up).

 

[Inchworm]

I'll be moving your thread to the Emergency section. I hope your fish gets well soon.

 

[menacer]

Thanks folks

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

If you want to separate the fish from the other fish you can still do it in the one tank - get a breeding net and the fish can stay in the same water but be separated.

I agree Myxazin is very good stuff. I had to get mine on e-bay. Be careful if you do get it not so spill it as it dyes everything blue.

 

[Paradise3]

If you want to separate the fish from the other fish you can still do it in the one tank - get a breeding net and the fish can stay in the same water but be separated.

I agree Myxazin is very good stuff. I had to get mine on e-bay. Be careful if you do get it not so spill it as it dyes everything blue.

I know this from Experience...