Can Someone Help My Friend

[atmmachine816]

This is the first time I've ever gotten sick fish. I have NEVER seen anything like it before. And although I've given people advice on how to treat sick fish, now I am totally unable to help myself. I was terrified by what I saw today One of my Neon Tetras looks LITERALLY like a BALLOON. It's ENTIRE body is COMPLETELY swollen. This Neon was always the "fattest" one of them all. Its scales are all sticking out and I can see under the light that its belly is all red under the skin. There are no films or grains or patches of any kind on the skin. The fish eats normally (or rather wants to eat but cannot do so anymore because it can barely move). It still swims but because it is so swollen, it often just sits on the bottom of the tank, and sort of "hops" on the gravel (rather than swimming). I've read the disease charts but there are many diseases that include the swelling of the body, so I am at a complete loss as to the diagnosis It looks to me like the Neon is in extreme pain I almost cried today when I saw my Neon like this Besides, the water parameters are: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate, pH 7.0. The water is perfect (I perform 50% weekly water changes). The tank is not overstocked: it's a 10 gallon with 8 Neon Tetras only. I am very ballfled as to where the disease came from.

Does any one know if it is contagious? If it is, how fast does it infect other fish? Should I treat the entire tank even though all other fish seem (and look) healthy? If I should treat, what medication should I use? I don't have any Quarantine tank The 10 gallon was originally my Q tank (and it will be again after I've gotten my 75 gallon tank). Anyway ... any ideas as to what disease this is ? What should I do? ANY help would be VERY appreciated.

Please HELP ME as soon as possible This is very urgent as I can see my Neon is suffering

Thank you for reading this, and thank you very much for any information.

P.S. The fish really looks like it is about to explode ...

Can someone help her, I gave her the pinned articles but is there anything else she should know or anything, she's in the US for buying meds?

thanks

 

[WILDER]

The fish has dropsy and septicemia which go hand in hand, if he looks in pain and to be honest I would end his suffering.
Get a bucket of very cold water add some ice cubes and place him in the bucket.

 

[atmmachine816]

That's what I thought. thank you

 

[WILDER]

Sorry but there no hope for him.

 

[atmmachine816]

Yikes, you freaked her friend out, she thinks the ice cubes in the bucket is a inhumane way to kil it and thinks the fish still can be saved, though I'm with you.

 

[WILDER]

Well I know its not for every one but I've done it sadly on a poorly fish and found it to be the best method for me.
Scroll down to the second post.
Scales sticking out is organ failure.
Septicemia is blood poisoning it's up to her but its in a bad way.
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...30845&st=16

 

[atmmachine816]

Yes I have found ice water method to be the best way too, thanks.

 

[catxx]

to be honest, ice water isn't the best method.
a bonk on the head is the quickest, gruesome, but the quickest. just wrap them up in lots of kitchen towel and newspaper first.
ice water just freezes them slowly to death.