No I Think Its Dropsey

[hughessomefish]

ok so i got a lyertail guppy about a week ago noticed it getting very fat and i am not an over feeder and its a male so its not pregnant then i noticed the scales are pine conning it must be dropsey what do i do i don't have a hospital fish tank and i don't wanna put it in a tank with fish and it is infectious right? and i can't go to the store to buy meds because i am home sick and ugg please help should i flush the fish?

 

[fatheadminnow]

Please do not flush the fish.

Wilder should be on here sometime soon and she will let you know what to do.

If not, I am sure someone else will come on and give you some advice.

-FHM

 

[hughessomefish]

don't worry im not flushing it till i have advice from wilder but lets just say the little guy doesn't look like he has much time left

 

[Loops]

Aww don't flush him! imagine how horrid toilet water will be to him, and dies slowly!

 

[hughessomefish]

never mind the little guy is no longer with us

 

[fatheadminnow]

That's sad, sorry for your loss.

Not all fish at LFS are healthy, that is why a quarantine tank is a good thing to have.

-FHM

 

[WILDER]

Last stage of dropsy scales sticking out, organ failure.
Bless Him. R.I.P.

There a thread in tropical discussion about putting a fish to sleep. Maybe look at the thread so you no what to do next time.

So sorry.

 

[hughessomefish]

o well wilder i did put him to sleep i just don't want to up set any one but yes thats how he went,it was so obvious that he was suffering,so i put him to sleep very humanly

 

[WILDER]

That's ok then.
Sorry for your loss. Bless Him.