help my fish have dropsy

amypicot23 · New member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 7

please help me, my fish are in such a bad way, they have dropsy, i have treated the first dose but when do i clean and when does it start to work?

HDrydr · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:28 am Post subject:

sorry to hear about your fish.... can you give more details.... tank size, how many fish, what kind of fish, how often you clean, how often you feed etc......

A couple of good sites for information are:
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/information/Diseases.htm#Dropsy
http://www.tropicalfishcentre.co.uk/Diseases1.htm

amypicot23 · New member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 7

thank you for the links, well you see its a 49 gallon tank and has all sorts in, we have 3 fish effected a pearl gourami a platy (she is the worst) and a guppy who is now lying on the top of the water in an arch shape, i have no where to put her as my other tank has fry in.

they get feed a frozen pallet and flake food everyday, peas every now and then,

they got cleaned once a week, then i became pregnant and my back just won't allow me to carry the buckets so my husband tok over cleaning but he only manages to do it once a month, do you think that they are feeling the effects of this? i have been told once a month is fine but i think they must feel the effects going from once a week to once a month