Dropsy?

[CJ W]

Hi so I was given a tank by a friend and it has a pleco and I’m not sure if it has dropsy, it has its plates sticking out and looks bloated, if you look closely you’ll see the plates sticking out near his rear end

 

[Hendre]

Looks like dropsy. Get it to a tank with epsom salt ASAP, dropsy is a 50/50 thing for fish.

 

[Matteus]

Usually by the time fish pine cones it’s already too late. Hopefully the epsom salt helps.

Would that be a bath or feeding it food soaked in epsom salt Hendre ?

 

[Hendre]

Usually by the time fish pine cones it’s already too late. Hopefully the epsom salt helps.

Would that be a bath or feeding it food soaked in epsom salt Hendre ?

I treated dropsy in my one Killi by putting it in a tank with epsom salt (dosage by kno4te ) and kept it there till the swelling went away

 

[Matteus]

Neat. I hope I don’t have to do that with any fish I care for. I inherited about 300 guppies with my 180 when I picked it up and most had dropsy- that’s how I found out about it. Lol. We won’t talk about how I cured them

 

[RemainVayne]

Ive only ever had a single fish get dropsy and kept thinking it would heal up through treatment and clean water. I wish I would've euthanized it way sooner before it passed away because of how bloated it got along with popped eyes and septicemia. The poor thing definitely suffered.

 

[davidee21]

When fishes get dropsy, it's best to quarantine them to prevent the spread of dropsy