Re: Fish problems. Dropsy?

yes, it does look like columnaris.
1.  do the peroxide dip
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/treatment/treatment2.htm#peroxide_dip
2.  treat the area topically with antibiotic creme
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/treatment/trtmnt.htm#topical%20treatment
3.  feed antibiotic food .. get kanamycin caps, mix with a teaspoon of water, soak
dry food in it.  use the same day. feed the fish one or two pellets per feeding, 3x
per day.

while live food is great for fish in ponds and recommended, Jo Ann Burke the Goldfish
Guru says fish living in tanks dont have the immune system of pond fish and has
cultured pathogens out of live food in the past.  She is very leery of anything live
or fresh frozen, esp. tubilaria.  now.  there is irradiated food which is pathogen
free which is fine.  also, brine shrimp arent a problem (altho most of em hit the
filter rather than the fish's mouth and fouls the tank).  BTW, some people break out
from handling blood worms.  
Ingrid

"Tim Neobard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>fish pic available at: http://www.neobard.info/illfish.jpg
>
>I've blown up the irritated areas in the hope it'll aid diagnosis. 


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