snazzy Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I got this betta recently and noticed she started bloating within a few days of taking her home. I’ve now had her about a week and she has pinecone scales, which makes me fairly certain she has dropsy. I’ve been seeing a lot of mixed info about dropsy so I’m not sure how I should start treating her/if I can because of how severe she has it. Im at a bit of a dilemma because I’ve heard from a few sources that it isn’t totally curable, but she is also fairly lively and responsive which makes me believe I can help her. Thank you for any help (The tank parameters/temperature are both at safe levels. She’s in a 5.5 gallon with a couple live plants such as java fern and anubias nana) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 7/9/2022 at 6:42 PM, snazzy said: I got this betta recently and noticed she started bloating within a few days of taking her home. I’ve now had her about a week and she has pinecone scales, which makes me fairly certain she has dropsy. I’ve been seeing a lot of mixed info about dropsy so I’m not sure how I should start treating her/if I can because of how severe she has it. Im at a bit of a dilemma because I’ve heard from a few sources that it isn’t totally curable, but she is also fairly lively and responsive which makes me believe I can help her. Thank you for any help (The tank parameters/temperature are both at safe levels. She’s in a 5.5 gallon with a couple live plants such as java fern and anubias nana) At that severe stage the chances are survival is low. You can treat the tank with meds or put her down. I had a cichlid with dropsy. I tried to treat him and eventually he couldn’t even swim correctly. It basically looked like he was standing on his tail in the tank. It’s a tough decision to make. Wish you the best of luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 The most effective treatment for Dropsy I have found is combination of kanaplex in food to treat any possible internal bacterial infection metroplex to treat the water column as it treats aeromonas a common cause of Dropsy and aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons the salt will help to reduce the fluid buildup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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