Female Betta Dropsy :(

[aly_starh]

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Tank size: 65L
pH: 7.4
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:20
tank temp:26C

Fish Symptoms: Female betta has an extremely swollen stomach and her scales are raised (pine coned)

Volume and Frequency of water changes: Each week about 15%

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Sponge filter?

Tank inhabitants: 5 female bettas

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): none

Exposure to chemicals: none

Tizzy my female feathertail betta has developed what i think might be dropsy, i have seen pictures of dropsy on google and its looks exactly the same. She was extremely lethargic yesterday, but seems abit perkier today although the swelling is still the same

Another female now seems abit lethargic, i have done a 50% waterchange, and the female betta in questtion has been tubbed into a shallow container.

Is it definetley dropsy, can i treat it, as ive read once it gets to the pine-coning stage you cant

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Unfortunately, and very sadly... it sounds very much like it is indeed "Dropsy" you have,... I have never heard of a cure for dropsy, so What I do (my method of euthanaze)... is I take the fish and hurl it onto a concrete floor!.... Instant and not as prolonged as placing it in the deep freeze or any other method suggested... I merely chuck it onto a concrete surface as hard as I can and it is instant..... The pinecone symptoms are unmistaken....

 

[aly_starh]

Eurgghh! No way! I think i will try and buy some Clove oil.

I dont want her having a slow painful death So i will probarly euthanise her.

 

[kizno1]

Eurgghh! No way! I think i will try and buy some Clove oil.

I dont want her having a slow painful death So i will probarly euthanise her.

apparently clove oil is a slow death i dont know if its true but i heard it only knonks them out and stops them from moving but they are still alive and it takes a long time for them to die. Like i said im not sure if its true though. I just slice there heads clean of but i guess you wont do that if you think throwing its bad. You could put it in a bag and drop a brick on it its quick and painless but i wouldnt look at the bag if i was you.