Pearl Danio The Movie

[DSE]

is my fish just fat or is he suffering from dropsy ?

Please take a look at small.mov at the follow link http/www.shadowtavern.com/Entombed/movies/

Any help is very welcome as I am worried about the little fella.

Thanks,
Dave.

 

[The-Wolf]

looks like a healthy female to me

 

[DSE]

looks like a healthy female to me

Ok great. Its just she is rounder than the rest. But I will stop worrying now, thank you.

 

[Angel_Queen]

I dunno... compared to the other one she seems a little fat. Had she just been fed? Did she over-eat? Or is that her normal size?

 

[DSE]

I dunno... compared to the other one she seems a little fat. Had she just been fed? Did she over-eat? Or is that her normal size?

She has been like that a couple of weeks now (she has always been slightly bigger than the rest). Her behaviour is the same as the others, she doesnt seem to be changing now.

I have another question ... one of my pearl danios has a red streak down its underside, does this mean I have a rose danio instead of a pearl danio ?

 

[The-Wolf]

no, it could mean you have a danio blue red stripe

 

[DSE]

no, it could mean you have a danio blue red stripe

oh ok (the colours on mine arent as nice as that), it looks exactly like this one from some other guys website (looks more like the top left one) [URL="http/www.stroodaquarist.co.uk/images/factsh7.jpg"]http/www.stroodaquarist.co.uk/images/factsh7.jpg[/URL]

 

[The-Wolf]

then it is quite possible the fish is indeed a D.rosesus
BTW that other guys website is the owner of the one I linked,
and that is Pete Cottle who is the UKs leading authority on Danionins and a regular contributor to PFK.

if you email him (link on strood aquarist) a pic he will tell you for sure,
but I think he is in Burma at the moment searching for new fish, so it maybe a while before he replys.

 

[DSE]

then it is quite possible the fish is indeed a D.rosesus
BTW that other guys website is the owner of the one I linked,
and that is Pete Cottle who is the UKs leading authority on Danionins and a regular contributor to PFK.

if you email him (link on strood aquarist) a pic he will tell you for sure,
but I think he is in Burma at the moment searching for new fish, so it maybe a while before he replys.

Thanks for the help.

One last thing, if you took a standard pearl danio and added the reddening bits on the underside ... what would that mean (just in case it isnt D.rosesus), is it possible ?

 

[The-Wolf]

it could be a hybrid or just a natural colour morph.
I can think of no disease that would cause such a definitive red marking

 

[DSE]

it could be a hybrid or just a natural colour morph.
I can think of no disease that would cause such a definitive red marking

Thanks alot for your help. It is very much appreciated.