Dropsy

[weetat]

Hi all ,

Any good medicine to cure dropsy in gold fish ? Or Antibiotics in the
fish shop ?

Thanks

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http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/disease/symptom/byname.htm#dropsy
basically, get the salt out, add some epsom salts and run the heat up to 84oF, feed
antibiotic food. see the pictures I took of a fish with severe dropsy. be sure to
read ALL the information on treating dropsy. dropsy is a symptom, not a disease in
and of itself. it is treatable, altho many people say it isnt.
Ingrid

>Any good medicine to cure dropsy in gold fish ? Or Antibiotics in the
>fish shop ?
>
>Thanks



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[Szaki]

PetsMart has, seen it and other fish store should stock it.
Common disease.

Julius

"weetat" > wrote in message
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> Hi all ,
>
> Any good medicine to cure dropsy in gold fish ? Or Antibiotics in the
> fish shop ?
>
> Thanks
>

[[email protected]]

it isnt a disease, and there is nothing in petsmart that is likely to save a fish
with real dropsy. Ingrid

"Szaki" > wrote:

>PetsMart has, seen it and other fish store should stock it.
>Common disease.
>
>Julius
>
>"weetat" > wrote in message
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>> Hi all ,
>>
>> Any good medicine to cure dropsy in gold fish ? Or Antibiotics in the
>> fish shop ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Szaki]

I've seen it in the store, never had to use it. I had 2 gold fish for 4
years, also other tropical fishes, Betas, Gouramies, they never had dropsy!

Julius

Treatment of Dropsy:
It is difficult to treat, but in some cases where the problem is due to
bacteria, if detected early enough, it can be treated. This is why you
should closely examine the fish's environment for a bacterial problem, and
deal with the source of the problem as a part of treatment and preventative.

By the time the scales begin to raise, however, it is very fatal to the
fish. Salt baths can help to draw the fluid out of the fish. A variety of
medications can be purchased that treat dropsy, which sometimes occurs due
to an internal bacterial problem. Medications for external bacterial
problems only will not be effective for this problem.

Gouramies and Cyprinids are highly susceptible to this disorder.




> wrote in message
...
> it isnt a disease, and there is nothing in petsmart that is likely to save
a fish
> with real dropsy. Ingrid
>
> "Szaki" > wrote:
>
> >PetsMart has, seen it and other fish store should stock it.
> >Common disease.
> >
> >Julius
> >
> >"weetat" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >> Hi all ,
> >>
> >> Any good medicine to cure dropsy in gold fish ? Or Antibiotics in the
> >> fish shop ?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[[email protected]]

salt baths will actually make it worse. yes, there is treatment for dropsy. there
are lots of "medications" SAY they will treat dropsy, but they dont. Ingrid


"Szaki" > wrote:

>Julius
>
>Treatment of Dropsy:
>It is difficult to treat, but in some cases where the problem is due to
>bacteria, if detected early enough, it can be treated. This is why you
>should closely examine the fish's environment for a bacterial problem, and
>deal with the source of the problem as a part of treatment and preventative.
>
>By the time the scales begin to raise, however, it is very fatal to the
>fish. Salt baths can help to draw the fluid out of the fish. A variety of
>medications can be purchased that treat dropsy, which sometimes occurs due
>to an internal bacterial problem. Medications for external bacterial
>problems only will not be effective for this problem.
>
>Gouramies and Cyprinids are highly susceptible to this disorder.
>
>
>
>
> wrote in message
...
>> it isnt a disease, and there is nothing in petsmart that is likely to save
>a fish
>> with real dropsy. Ingrid
>>
>> "Szaki" > wrote:
>>
>> >PetsMart has, seen it and other fish store should stock it.
>> >Common disease.
>> >
>> >Julius
>> >
>> >"weetat" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> >> Hi all ,
>> >>
>> >> Any good medicine to cure dropsy in gold fish ? Or Antibiotics in the
>> >> fish shop ?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
>> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
>> www.drsolo.com
>> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
>> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
>> endorsements or recommendations I make.
>



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.