I have a ten gallon with females and a thirty gallon with males and fry. A couple of days ago, one of my young females swelled, and her gravid spot swelled with blood. About a day later, she pineconed and got progressively worse. (Dropsy?) I flushed her. Yesterday, I lost a female with a red growth on the very top edge of her gill. I've seen the red growth before, but it hasn't ever killed any of my fish. I looked at the 10 gallon today, and now most of my females have that red, short, fungus-textured growth sticking out of the top edge of their gills. I thought it was some sort of parasite, but I can't seem to find anything about it. One of my females had it a month or so ago, and a salt bath had the growth gone by the next day.
In my 30g, a male swelled and laid close to the gravel. His symptoms matched constipation, but deteriorated fast. Then another male swelled, except he hung towards the bottom. He died too. I now have one male who swelled up, but was instead stuck at the top
2007-06-14 07:54:03 · 4 answers · asked by Sakura J 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
. I stuck him in a 1 gallon bucket with measured Epsom Salt to try and save him.
Any suggestions? I'm worried I'm going to lose the females, and the fry that are in the 10 G.
2007-06-14 07:55:39 · update #1
It sounds like you already have a good solution for the problem, the salt bath. I would suggest heavy water changes for the next few days and give each fish a salt bath. That should go far in curing them. Best of luck and let me know how it goes or if I can help any further, but it sure sounds like you have a handle on the problem.
ADDITION: I was referring to the red growths you are seeing on the females. The male with what appears to be drospy will not be helped by a salt bath really. For dropsy you will need to treat with an antibiotic. The best choices are Furanae or Furan -2. Another possible treatment would be Maracyn TC. Just treat as the package directs and hope the the best as dropsy is not easy to treat.
MM
2007-06-14 07:59:20 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As for the red growth or whatever I believe that could be caused by the pH of the tank being messed up and causing like burns or something, check the pH of the tank. The swelling sounds like dropsy, probably parasite infestation caused. They make a medication called Maracyn Two that cures dropsy, so that should fix the problem. I would also get some parasite gaurd and fungus eliminator.
2007-06-14 15:06:56 · answer #2 · answered by wenchgirl04 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if the fungus problem is white, it is probably from the water temperature going up and down to much not staying at a proper level. sorry, but i don't know about the red growth. Hope this helps!
2007-06-14 15:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by madison 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just let them all die out then go to the store and buy a amle and female and your tanks will be stocked in a about a month or so
2007-06-14 15:51:33 · answer #4 · answered by tkerbag 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋