I need help again please. Dropsy?

[Edward Haworth]

I posted a few weeks ago about a sick fish and had some very helpful
replies, although sadly I lost the fish.

I am concerned now about my other fish, an oranda. It is probably
just paranoia as he seems fine but I have noticed what is possibly a
bulging of his scales (quite probably he has always been like this).
I have had him for a year and he has been healthy. The pictures I
have taken are slightly large (about 60k a pop), I have cropped them
down but am reluctant to compress them further as it could lose
detail. The combination of a crappy camera, poor lighting, a crappy
photographer and an uncooperative fish mean that these are not the
greatest. Also the colour has come out slightly off whack and
everrything looks a bit yellow.

http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish1.jpg
http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish2.jpg
http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish3.jpg
http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish4.jpg

Advice or reassurance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ed

[Gunther]

In article >, apso12
@nospam.dsl.pipex.com says...
....
>
> http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish1.jpg
> http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish2.jpg
> http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish3.jpg
> http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish4.jpg

You're right, the photos aren't the clearest, but
that guy doesn't look pine-coned to me. Just keep
an eye on him, I guess. Nice looking fish, BTW.

Gunther

[Edward Haworth]

On Sun, 09 May 2004 17:40:58 GMT, Gunther >
wrote:

>In article >, apso12
says...
>...
>>
>> http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish1.jpg
>> http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish2.jpg
>> http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish3.jpg
>> http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/fish4.jpg
>
>You're right, the photos aren't the clearest, but
>that guy doesn't look pine-coned to me. Just keep
>an eye on him, I guess. Nice looking fish, BTW.
>
>Gunther

Thanks,

I hope he's okay, I'm very fond of him and, daft as it sounds, often
talk to him through the glass. I'll keep a close eye on him and maybe
try to take some better pictures tomorrow.

Ed

[Gunther]

In article >, apso12
@nospam.dsl.pipex.com says...

>
> I hope he's okay, I'm very fond of him and, daft as it sounds, often
> talk to him through the glass. I'll keep a close eye on him and maybe
> try to take some better pictures tomorrow.

Any goldfish keeper who says they _don't_ talk to their
fish is a liar. I even ask them questions and expect
them to answer :-)

G

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I cannot tell either from the pictures. but the treatment for dropsy, heat, epsom
salts and antibiotic food arent harmful to the fish either. so you could treat the
fish even if you are not sure.
http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/disease/symptom/byname.htm#dropsy

Ingrid

Edward Haworth > wrote:
>I posted a few weeks ago about a sick fish and had some very helpful
>replies, although sadly I lost the fish.
>
>I am concerned now about my other fish, an oranda. It is probably
>just paranoia as he seems fine but I have noticed what is possibly a
>bulging of his scales (quite probably he has always been like this).


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