The scales are like a pinecone and some are falling off. My Brother owns a fish store but he is in florida for the week so i dont know what to do. can you tell me whats wrong.
2007-09-02 17:40:15 · 4 answers · asked by adam c 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
And he does a lot of water changes and testes water daily.
2007-09-02 17:48:42 · update #1
and this female betta is alone in a 1 gallon tank and at home.
2007-09-02 18:08:53 · update #2
its no use now i woke up and she was dead
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2007-09-03 07:06:52 · update #3
This is dropsy, but you'll need to determine the cause before even beginning to try to treat this. As bettachris said, it's not a disease in itself, but a symptom. The causes are many, including over medication of fish, and kidney malfunction. The basic problem is that the fish isn't able to expel water from its body, so it bloats up. You should isolate the fish in a separate tank if possible to make treating it easier, especially if the tanks in the store are connected through a sump (otherwise you'll need a LOT of medication for treatment). You might try a small amount of Epsom salt as a first treatment (about 1/16 of a teaspoon) Otherwise, if your brother's store carries Mardel products, I've successfully treated a betta with dropsy using Maracyn 2: http://www.virbacpets.com/mardel/product.php?pid=182 . How successful you would be really depends on the cause and how advanced the kidney failure is at this point. The condition is often fatal.
ADDITION: Here's another link specifically addressing this in bettas: http://www.fishjunkies.com/Diseases/dropsy.php
2007-09-02 18:02:48 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
drospy, fatal sydrome not diease so it cant be transferred from fish to fish.
Basically it indicated poor water. it is 98% fatal as the organs shut down and there is fuild building up inside the fish causing the scales to stick out.
again fatal as you have to find a way to start the organs again.
It does indicate poor water, so he should keep up with those water changes.
2007-09-02 17:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by Coral Reef Forum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one word. dropsey. im pretty sure its an incureable desiese. so i sucks that his fish got it. but you can do some research to see if there is a way to cure it.
2007-09-02 18:03:48 · answer #3 · answered by lilcherna 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its dropsy -- its bad and not curable -- it has to do with kidney failure.
there isn't much you can do. you could euthanize the fish.
2007-09-02 19:51:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋