chilli Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 its not my fish i went back to work today and a customer said there 25cm goldfish has dropsy and i floating at top of tank (its now in a 40l tank)they tryed funan2,meth blue,melafix,tonic and salts nothing is working any ideas i can pass on would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 For all intents dropsy is incurable. The signs you see are the result of fluid retention which can be caused by a number of things which cause kidney failure, all of which normally end in death. I always put the fish out of its misery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 ye i said to put it out of pain,but they wanted to try everything thanks for your info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 I don't know how to treat kidney failure from an unknown cause. And in the meantime the fish continues to suffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 i phoned them and told them the bad news but they said if it lives till monday they will take to a vet well i tryed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Are they sure it's dropsy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 You may be right, it could be a female full of eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 they said its upside down sometimes and all its scales stick up and it looks sore under scale and so swollen its like a puffer fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 it's dead but swimming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 yeh poor thing sounds like it wont be swimming for long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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