Big Fat Neon Tetra

[loafybones]

Hiya,

one of my Neon Tetras has suddenly gone all fat, eyes look poppy too and his colours have all faded.

His scales aren't flary or anything like that so I don't think it could be dropsy.

I have noticed that all along the underside of his belly there are red dots.

Help please, i've never seen anything like this and can't find it in the book!

Loaf
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[WILDER]

He's in bad shape and not going to make it can you issolate him.
If the red stripe looks bleached out it can point to ntd, so want to take a look at your water stats first in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.
He also has septicemia.
Check the red stripe for a black linning around it, is there any lumps on the belly that go to a point.

 

[loafybones]

No lumps on his belly, no black on his red stripe either.

i can't isolate him because I haven't got a spare tank. If you say that he's not going to make it I think i might have to euthanise him to put him out of his misery

Thanks,

Loaf
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[WILDER]

Red spots on skin can be caused by:
Regarding the small red dot, small pinprick like haemorrhages (called petechiae) can be due to a local lesion, a generalised septicaemia or toxaemia caused by acute viral and bacterial infections.