Rouseabout Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Hi I have a couple of tetras showing definite symptoms of dropsy. Saw various posts last night on this forum but was too late at night to do more. Will remove affected fish when I get home tonight and want to treat tank with epsom salts as well. What dosage regime should I use in a 240L tank? Don't have a quarantine tank. There are tetras plus 4 BN And a pair of discus in the tank. :cry1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 If they definately have dropsy my advice would be to euthanase them as I have never seen a fish cured of drops ever, with magnesium sulphate or anything else. The chemical may help release some of the fluid but will not treat the cause of the build up and you are really just prolonging the agony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouseabout Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thanks Alan Fish euthanised and so far ddropsy hasnt spread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 If it eases your mind at all, I once had a danio with dropsy, only one, and it never infected the other fish. By the time I noticed it the pinecone effect was very obvious and it actually died before I got it out of the tank. None of the other fish ever got it and I suspect that one danio had other health problems that led to the dropsy rather than it being an overall water conditions fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 That is the problem with dropsy. It is only the signs that arise from water retention caused by kidney problems. These problems may be very infectious or not at all and can be from a number of causes. By the time you spot the pine coning it is very advanced. Curring the cause is then just hit and miss and I can't see the point in treating fish when you have no idea what you are treating them for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouseabout Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks folks Checked tonight and none of the remaining fish are showing any sign of dropsy. Fingers crossed! :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouseabout Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Hi all just to update, 18 days later and no further issues in this tank which I'm stoked about. No medication or treatment applied so advice received was spot on. Thanks! :bggrn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 that's good news. Dropsy can be caused by different things. I've only ever had one fish at a time with dropsy indicating it was never a transmittable disease in my tank but rather to do with the fish itself. , they were all older fish towards the end of their life... and one greedy betta who ate too many bloodworms (the frozen type)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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