Info on dropsy disease in aquarium fish ... Dropsy is a condition with several possible causes. It may frequently be caused by internal infections by a number of different bacterial species. Viruses have also been associated with the disease. Poor water quality and/or diet may trigger the disease.
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Dropsy is a common disease among fresh-water aquarium fish. The name is from an old name for Edema in humans. This disease is characterised by a swollen or hollow abdomen (Ascites). A concentration o...
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Edema (American English) or oedema (British English; both words from the Greek ), formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy , is an abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin, or in one or more...
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There can be many different causes of fish dropsy, and it is usually difficult to know exactly what the cause is. ... However, one common cause of dropsy in fish is a bacterial infection by Aeromonas. Aeromonas is normally present in all aquarium water, however, it sometimes causes illness in fish, especially fish that...
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Keep your fish from falling victim to this condition. ... Causes; The causes of dropsy are seemingly anything and everything. Although many people tend to think of fish diseases as being caused by specific “bugs” (pathogens) that they then have to get rid of, sometimes the cause is less obvious.
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Dropsy - Dropsy is a common betta illness. Learn to diagnose and treat your sick betta with Dropsy disease. ... This photo is of a very old betta succumbing to the final stages of dropsy. Here the pineconing is severe.
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Dropsy - Causes, Symptoms And Home Remedies For The Treatment ... Causes of dropsy ... Dropsy Disease - Causes, Symptoms And Home Remedies...
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Maracyn (Erythromycin) is usually not as effective for most causes of Dropsy (since most bacterial causes such as Aeromonas are gram negative and Erythromycin is primarily gram positive).
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Originally Posted by Damon Absolutely correct except that its not normally poor water that causes "dropsy" but an internal infection (parasit ... Just a minor point but I didn't say water quality "causes" dropsy, just that it is usually attributed to water quality. Bacterial infections are often caused by things...
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