Re: [Killietalk] Help! SJOs with dropsy?

["Markus&Heather Brown" <TheBiologist at charter_net>]

Dropsy is very contagious, very well documented in trout hatcheries. In a
tank, It would make since to be a total loss "IF" its actually dropsy. I
dout it to be common enough to merit severe antibiotic treatment.
Markus
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Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:39 PM
Subject: RE: [Killietalk] Help! SJOs with dropsy?


> Hi Ronnie:
>
> I have little time to go into detail so here's the nickel tour.
>
> If It's dropsy the fish look like a pine cone from above. Scales seem to
> pull away from the body.
>
> Treat with Kanamiacin (strongest safe dosage). The fish that already have
> the symptoms will usually not recover. But you have a chance to stop the
> spread. Many of the fish that look fine now are infected. Of this I have
no
> doubt.  The infection is in the tank and any very likely in other tanks
that
> have not been quarantined from the sick tank.
>
> Respectfully, I need to disagree with Lee. This is a very contagious
> disease. But the onset of the condition is very very slow. In my
experience
> the disease will resurface after weeks or even several months until it is
> finally eradicated.
>
> I had it some years back. It came back every few months usually striking
> only one fish at a time. A heavy handed treatment with Kanamiacin finally
> put an end to it. In the best case, the fish showing the symptoms
eventually
> died a few weeks after treatment, I had none recover. But none of the
> remaining fish took ill and the infection never resurfaced.
>
> I am not sure that your dropsy has the same cause as mine. Therefore my
cure
> may not work for you. But it is worth a shot. On the other hand, keep in
> mind that this condition seems to remain dormant for a very long time. So
it
> is very easy to spread from one aquarium to another. The removed one fish
> from the sick tank before treatment, it died months later from causes
> unknown leaving behind a few fry that grew to maturity in the same tank.
One
> of those fry got dropsy. The time delay was almost a year and a generation
> of fish. I treated that tank too and the disease was finally gone from my
> home.  My oversight could have been very costly if I had moved those fry
to
> larger quarters or accidentally broken my usual tank to tank quarantine
> procedures.
>
>
>
> Peace,
>
> ~RJ~
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: killietalk-bounces+tranquilitybase=netzero_net at aka.org
> [mailto:killietalk-bounces+tranquilitybase=netzero_net at aka.org]On Behalf
> Of Ron @ FAR EAST
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:36 PM
> To: killietalk at aka_org
> Subject: [Killietalk] Help! SJOs with dropsy?
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> My young SJOs, between 2~3cm, are acting funny... kinda like 'stoned',
> with eyes bulging somewhat, and looking like they have Down's syndrome.
>
> I've taken some pics and hopefully someone can give me a clearer idea of
> what I'm dealing with.  If it's dropsy, what actually causes it and is
> it terminal?  What about remedies?
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/fishz/SJO/SJOdropsyS.JPG
>
> closer look at the head, esp the scales
> http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/fishz/SJO/SJOdropsyHead.JPG
>
> There a 5watter UV running 24/7 in my re-circulating system and if
> dropsy is caused by bacteria, how is it that the bact didn't get
> zapped?  I've isolated the SJOs in case the suspected dropsy is
> infectious (or is that urban myth?).
>
> TIA for any assistance.
>
> Regards,
> Ronnie Lee
> Singapore
>
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