dropsy

[Brian]

Hi. I have a tetra that looks like it has dropsy and it is not improving.
I've tried antibiotic on it but may have been too late. Is this contagious
to the other fish? Is this fish suffering? Should I put it out of its
misery? How?
Thanks

[Rick]

"Brian" > wrote in message
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> Hi. I have a tetra that looks like it has dropsy and it is not improving.
> I've tried antibiotic on it but may have been too late. Is this
contagious
> to the other fish? Is this fish suffering? Should I put it out of its
> misery? How?
> Thanks
>
>
>difficult to treat unless caught in the very early stages. I hate to say it
is just a Tetra so put it down but the reality is that treating a small fish
like that likely costs more than replacing it and you don't need to worry
about it being contagious.

Rick

[Brian]

Thanks. What would be the recommended method of putting down this fish?
Brian

"Rick" > wrote in message
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>
> "Brian" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi. I have a tetra that looks like it has dropsy and it is not improving.
>> I've tried antibiotic on it but may have been too late. Is this
> contagious
>> to the other fish? Is this fish suffering? Should I put it out of its
>> misery? How?
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>difficult to treat unless caught in the very early stages. I hate to say
>>it
> is just a Tetra so put it down but the reality is that treating a small
> fish
> like that likely costs more than replacing it and you don't need to worry
> about it being contagious.
>
> Rick
>
>

[Rick]

"Brian" > wrote in message
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> Thanks. What would be the recommended method of putting down this fish?
> Brian
>
well now you are opening up a real can of worms as there are many different
methods that some agree with and other don't. I freeze mine or decapitate
them.
Rick

[Dick]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:14:55 -0700, "Brian" > wrote:

>Thanks. What would be the recommended method of putting down this fish?
>Brian
>
>"Rick" > wrote in message
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>> "Brian" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Hi. I have a tetra that looks like it has dropsy and it is not improving.
>>> I've tried antibiotic on it but may have been too late. Is this
>> contagious
>>> to the other fish? Is this fish suffering? Should I put it out of its
>>> misery? How?
>>> Thanks
>>>
For adult fish with enough body mass, I throw them against the side of
the toilet bowl. Almost instantaneous death. I have done this with
one of my platties that had dropsy. It is not a pleasant disease to
watch.

dick


>>>
>>>difficult to treat unless caught in the very early stages. I hate to say
>>>it
>> is just a Tetra so put it down but the reality is that treating a small
>> fish
>> like that likely costs more than replacing it and you don't need to worry
>> about it being contagious.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>