Re: Pop Eye/Dropsy

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Phil,

I'm afraid that dropsy is a kidney disease, usually bacterial. This causes the
kidneys to shut down and the fish bloats with water it can't expel. You can try a
similar treatment, but sadly it rarely works.

Mike Wise

Phil Eaton wrote:

> I am seeing a problem described to me as "Dropsy".  Is this also a
> bacterial problem related to Popeye?  If so, is it treated with the same
> medication? and... does this effect all the fish in the tank even if the
> symptoms are not visible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
> >For future reference, Maracyn is a trade name Mardel uses for
> Erythromycin and
> >Maracyn II is Minocycline, a very gentle acting antibiotic that I
> haven't found
> >very effective on advanced bacterial infections.
> >
> >Pop eye is only a symptom of an internal bacterial infection and not a
> disease in
> >itself. If your fish is still eating, I'd recommend feeding it a
> medicated (for
> >bacterial infections) food. Otherwise I've had some limited success by
> combining
> >Naladixic Acid and Kanamycin Sulfate. Pop eye usually appears after the
> disease is
> >far advanced and difficult to treat.
> >
> >Good luck,
> >
> >Mike Wise
> >
> >Geo/Len wrote:
> >
> >> Haven`t try  Maracyn II. If the  Jungle product doesn`t work, will
> try Maracyn
> >> II. The instruction on Maracyn said it for pop eye and some other
> disease's????
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> George
> >>
> >> >
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