Amy75 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Hello. I have a mixed tropical tank. Water parameters are all good. Ph a little high at 7.8. But steady. I had mollie die a few weeks ago, then a dwarf Gourami got sick could not stay upright swimming and quit eating. Put him in breeding box and he finally died. Nothing wrong when looking at him. Now i have a larg Buenos aires tetra that did same thing and kind of pine conning and tail is rotted looking. But she looks very bloated. Curious if you have any idea what could be going on. Leaning towards internal paracite. Please mote I do have clown loach in the tank, and its a 60 gal tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) If it has a pinecone appearance it could be dropsy I would start treatment with kanaplex and aquarium salt 1table for. 2gallons Edited June 10, 2023 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy75 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 Well I cannot use salt because of my loaches. I need to figure out what is causing the dropsy I think since this is the 3 rd fish who has done this in about 3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) Dropsy is caused by number of different illnesses it difficult to what has caused it you need to start treatment with treatment kanaplex it's safe for your clown loachs Edited June 10, 2023 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy75 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 Well Thank you. Should I treat for parasite also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) Kanaplex is a good antibiotic treatment for bacterial infection that can cause some of the symptoms associated with dropsy Edited June 10, 2023 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Do a Couse of maracyn and then a Couse of API general cure in a week's time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) It may need two of Couse of kanaplex i would treat main tank as it seems to be an on going problem Edited June 10, 2023 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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