Re: Fish problems. Dropsy?

The anal port on my chocolate oranda has enlarged considerably and is very
red.

I thought it was going down this morning, but it seems to be getting worse.
Am I going to damage him now with a potassium dip?

He's freaking out a lot when I approach the tank.  He just goes absolutely
mental and would probably throw himself out of the tank if he wasn't so
chubby.

Local vets told me no way on the antibiotics - they'd never even heard of a
goldfish swallowing stones, so I'm going to look around if I get time and
see if any of the other local vets will help.

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> can you get potassium permanganate?  KMNO4?  it is used in water
softening.
> http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm
> in the treatment says how to make up stock solution.  this stuff really
kills
> columnaris on the outside.  so you cannot get antibiotics for inside the
tank?  not
> even sulfa type antibiotics?  for food, just soak the dry food in the
antibiotic in a
> little water.  you might consider ordering it online for future fish.
Ingrid