Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] dropsy?

Swimming in spirals is not a symptom of dropsy. Dropsy is when the fish is swollen to the extent that when viewed from above the scales look like a pinecone; they stand out from the body. Dropsy is a symptom of a failure of the fish's internal organ system caused by some sort of disease, bacterial or otherwise. Like edema in humans where the body retains too much fluid and becomes swollen. When you get the info Donna asked for, she and others may be able to help you narrow down the possibilities as to what is happening with your fish. Could be a bacterial problem affecting their swim bladder.

As for feeding your catfish: get some sinking pellets and put them in at night when you close the lights. The pellets are made either for algae eaters or for omnivorous fish so get the one that suits the glassies diet.....Good luck....Ginny

--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, Donna King <donnalynneking@...> wrote:
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> We'll need more information. Test your tank water for ammoina, nitrite, nitrate
> and pH we need to know this information. Ask the store to use liquid test kits
> and write down the numbers in PPM's (parts per million). How long is "just set
> up" How fast did you add fish and when did you add them also how many? What
> water treatments are you using? Are these fish swollen?
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> thank you from Australia from someone who has been learning a lot from you guys
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> I have just started my first four foot tank and have a few questions that I hope
> that you can help with .I fear from what I have read and now seeing that two of
> my fish have "dropsy "as they are swimmimg in spiral motions and cant stay
> "upright"...one is an albino catfish the other a Pink zebra danio....Is this
> dropsy and what if anything can be done...I have changed the water and ph is
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> The other is a happy thing...I think...I have 5 "glass catfish'they are curious
> souls and finally after 5 days emerging from the log while light is on...I have
> feed the fish a very small amount when the light off as well as I was worried
> that the glassies would not get food as they seem very active at night in ptch
> dark.Should I still continue to feed a little when dark or will they be ok and
> eventually swim when light on....thanks GUYS!!
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