Black skirt tetra looks like a pine cone?????
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Mine did it too...plenty healthy and swimming around normally. Now it's gone (although she's still fat, but not as).
Nice that you could get a picture lol. Mine are apparantly camera shy lol, and chasing her around a 300gal tank wasn't happening.
Cris
Nice that you could get a picture lol. Mine are apparantly camera shy lol, and chasing her around a 300gal tank wasn't happening.
Cris
Are there any other symptoms? My fish acted totally normal, and whatever it was went away and hasn't come back, although she is still fatter than some of the others (of my 5, 3 are fat, 2 thin).
Also, is this contagious?
Cris
Dropsy is the effect of disease it is not the disease. It could be viral or bacterial. I would isolate the fish. It certainly could be contagious. I would QT the fish. Try feeding some mashed up pea incase it is just bloated. In QT you could add epsom salts to help with the bloating. If it does not clear up then try antibiotics. If it is viral not much you can do.
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Symptoms usually include pop-eye, protrusion of scales and distended abdomen. There is a slim chance of recovery once the scales really protrude.
I wonder what it was with my tetra then? Mine looked just like that for 2 days or so, then slimmed back up a bit but is still cruising around fat and apparently happy. One of the other ones is fat as well, and the rest skinny. None of my other fish appear to be bloated in any way, just those two tetra.
Bleh.
Bleh.
I'd just Qt the 2 do the epsom salt and mashed pea, and get it over with. Im sure its just bloating but who knows, stuff happens