|| Hi all. My oscar has had dropsy for a month now. It looks bloated
|| like a fancy goldfish. I have treated it with anti-bacterial
|| medication and it is still eating and looking ok. How will it fare
|| in the end?
||
|| TIA.
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|| cheers

1, Dropsy is a result of poor water conditions, mostly overfed, under
maintained, and even incorrect housing of said fish, ie, big fish, small
tank.
2, Dropsy is usually, fatal, irreversable, and usually, near impossible to
repair.
3, If caught early, medicated food, is said to be the only fix, as it's an
internal problem, not an external problem. Anti-bac, fungal, etc, won't
help at all, because the problem exists inside the fish, and the only way to
get medications to the fish is if the fish eats the medicine, which you can
now see, is why it's so hard to fix dropsy. you can't just feed them a
pill, the medicated food is best, and they usually don't like to eat if they
are sick..
4, they usually don't make it..


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is that better??