|| Not to quibble with my esteemed and learned colleagues ;~), but
|| Dropsy symptoms are also documented to occur under ideal conditions.
|| There is some randomness to dropsy, which is as Mark points out, a
|| general umbrella term. For example, there is a type of fish
|| tuberculosis which falls under Dropsy. A large amount of the
|| disease organism can be present long before any symptoms appear, so
|| a healthy fish can be a time bomb for years (and unlike human
|| tuberculosis, fish tuberculosis does not respond to antibiotics).
||
|| My own experience supports the randomness of Dropsy, mortality
|| occurring to one out of several hundred under identical conditions,
|| though Cyprinidae (esp. danios & goldfish) and Anabantidae (esp.
|| Bettas & Gouramis) seem more likely to get it, and when cichlids get
|| it, they tend to be older. Probably more info than most ppl wanted
|| to know though ;~). --
|| www.NetMax.tk (who really hates fish diseases)

I'm always glad you 'add your $.02 worth', because I always seem to convert
it to about a buck or two!!!

I'm also glad you said that, because the times I've had it, was from a
breeder, swore his fish were healthy, but yet, 2 batches, 2 seperate
batches, different parents, etc, all came down with it... tank had been up
and running for quite some time... and even had eggs a couple of times, but
stress seemed to be their demise...

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is that better??