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Scales sticking out!


Caper

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If a fish is bloated the side scales do stick out a bit as the belly swells. If it is dropsy, the scales stick out all over. Look down on it from above and see if it looks like a pinecone - that's dropsy.

Here is a fish with dropsy

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dropsysideview.jpg

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I tried to get pics...they are not that good...but Silk is definetely bloated :(:(

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Drospy do you folks think?

I can't find anything else with these symptoms (bloat & scales sticking out). He did have a tiny bit of white (not Ick) by his front fins (pectorals?) and by his eye. So I treated with Melafix yesterday & today but if its dropsy, I guess I know what I have to do :(

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