Dropsy and Leopard danio

[ChrisFranland78]

Hi

I'm just wondering if my leopard danio is suffering from dropsy or if it's just overweight.

It's been like this for about 8 weeks now but it's very active in the tank and it's stomach was a little larger for a couple of days then went down a bit about 7 weeks ago.

I've managed to take a few pictures of it which can be seen at http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/Chris_Frankland/library/leopard danio, now the rest of my leopard and zebra danios are quite slim apart from this one.

Cheers

Chris

 

[BallAquatics]

Your picture album is private so we are unable to view the photos.....

Dennis

 

[jpappy789]

Yeah, can't see the photos.

Dropsy basically looks like pine-coning. It's a symptom that usually means it's too late. The scales literally stick out, like so...

If it just ballooned up a bit it could have been a female with eggs (that were dropped), or maybe the system was a bit backed up.

 

[ChrisFranland78]

Sorry about that, album has now been set to public, don't know ow why it was private.

When I bought them in august 14 I was told that they where all male

 

[jpappy789]

Are the scales sticking out like the pic above? I can't tell with those shots.

 

[ChrisFranland78]

Scales aren't sticking out like the picture, have up loaded some new pictures, just wondering if they where would they also feel like they where sticking up?

 

[BallAquatics]

Chris, that just looks like a female to me. The girls can get very plump when they mature and start producing eggs.

Dennis