koi fish swollon up?

Question

could some 1 tell me why my fish as swellon up, it look like a puffer fish. i have got 7 fish in the pond and thay all look ok ex this one, the pond is 10ft by 3ft

Answer 1

Just to clear up a few myths.. Dropsy is not a disease, it's a symptom of any one of several diseases. It is also not caused by poor water quality at all. It's caused by a bacterial infection, must usually a liver infection.

The underlying disease can be difficult to treat and the main reason so many people have problems treating these diseases is selecting the wrong medications. You need a high quality, but readily absorbable antibiotic. Some do not absorb well and can't effectively treat an internal infection since freshwater fish don't drink. Use Furanase(Nifurpirinol) or if that's not available see a vet about getting Cipro or a drug from the same pharmacutical family. Those are well absorbed and treat far more quickly. Speed of treatment is important as once a fish begins to swell time is really ticking. Adding medicated food is also an excellent idea if the fish will still eat. You can purchase medicated foods or make your own. See a vet about making yours with your specific medication.

Isolation of the sick fish is also critical as a fish that's suffering this fluid build up could actually burst. Should that happen, it can infect the other fish in the pond. You should see significant improvement inthe fish within 2-3 days, but treat for a full 7-10 days to complete the cure.

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Answer 2

Sunday P , sorry but I have to say your answer is 50% right and 50% wrong , yes it could be dropsy , it could also be egg impaction or a tumour . Dropsy is not incurable , if caught early enough it is treatable . Having two Koi ponds for around 15 years and coming across dropsy on a couple of occasions , I have managed to save my fish. It was expensive and time consuming, but at the end of the day , it depends how much you value your fish.

Answer 3

Your fish have dropsy. It is an internal infection that is brought about by poor water conditions. Have you tested your pond for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate? If not, that is the first thing I would do. You will probably want to do a massive water change. Test your water first, and in the future, test it on a regular basis to prevent this from happening again. There are medications for dropsy, but by the time a fish is as swollen as a puffer, it is almost always too late.

Answer 4

You have 7 koi in a 10'x3' pond?! This is very, very bad! At the very maximum, you should only have 2 koi. It sounds like your fish has dropsy if it's puffed up that much. Dropsy is very difficult to treat. Dropsy is caused by fish being stressed or in poor condition for some reason, such as rough handling, fighting, overcrowding, poor water quality, incorrect water quality, fluctuating temperatures. To treat a sick fish with dropsy, you should remove it to a separate "hospital" area, but as it's in a pond, that is probably not an option so you'll just need to treat the whole pond I guess. Use a broad-spectrum antibiotic medication (e.g. Maracyn 2 or Medigold in US, Myxazin in UK) according to directions. Treatment will last for several weeks. Follow with a low level salt solution (1 tsp per 5 gallons of water. (Aquarium salt, rock salt, kosher salt and epsom salts can also be used. Do not use table salt). Keep temperature of the water consistently at 78 -80F. Feed highly nutritious and good quality food, such as krill. Also Medicated foods such as Metro-Med and Medi-Gold are need to help the fish killing it from the inside. Antibiotic medications affect the water cycle so monitoring water quality during treatment is essential. Dropsy is notoriously hard to treat; the mortality rate for fish with dropsy is high. If fish recover, maintain their tank temperature in the high 70's consistently afterwards as dropping temperatures may trigger dropsy again.

Answer 5

Kidney failure can be a cause as well, Salt solution will help.
The fish does need to be quarantined but you need adequate facilities other wise you'll be adding to the fishes suffering and it will never get any better.
Euthanasia is sometimes the best course of it doesn't respond quickly.

Answer 6

well i got a pond of my own..i have to put up nets because birds keep eating my fish.it could have been pecked by bird.there could be other solution why its puffed.

or it could be mixed with other fish. koi/puffed fish

Answer 7

that sounds like Dropsy. i hope that is'nt, i have lost fish to this it is possible to cure as my other was able to save a ghost kio, if it looks like pine cone. if this is the case you need to separate it from the rest and keep an eye on them too.

Answer 8

Its dropsey and its totally uncurable all fish affected will die. Internal bacterial infection suspect.

Answer 9

not koi .lol

Answer 10

i dont know.