Swelled-up congo tetra.
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 14:41 pm
One of my adult congo tetras was 'stuck' upside down under the filter input (fx6) in the main tank. The only thing holding his there was a small plant that a cardinal tetra could move if they wanted so nothing really pinning him in. I gently prised him out and flipped him the right way up. He didn't move much or self-right easily. Thought it was a swim bladder issue at first, but once the right way up, buoyancy seems fine. He is swimming around slowly, not really interacting with the other 9 that are schooling together. He just looks massive! He seems larger in every direction and just seems to have swollen up about 20% bigger than any of the others.
His scales aren't raised/ pineconed like gouramis I've had before who seemed to end up with dropsy, but dropsy seems to be the most likely thing I've found on google.
Symptoms:
Heavily swollen body
Bit lethargic
Moving his mouth/ breathing faster than the others
Not very responsive (congos are usually quite panicky fish)
Any suggestions other than close monitoring at this time? Antibiotics seem to be recommended on google for dropsy, but I don't think they're easy to get in the UK any more.
Last water change was 48hrs ago and not had any ammonia/ nitrite issues as far as I'm aware.
Any thoughts welcome.
His scales aren't raised/ pineconed like gouramis I've had before who seemed to end up with dropsy, but dropsy seems to be the most likely thing I've found on google.
Symptoms:
Heavily swollen body
Bit lethargic
Moving his mouth/ breathing faster than the others
Not very responsive (congos are usually quite panicky fish)
Any suggestions other than close monitoring at this time? Antibiotics seem to be recommended on google for dropsy, but I don't think they're easy to get in the UK any more.
Last water change was 48hrs ago and not had any ammonia/ nitrite issues as far as I'm aware.
Any thoughts welcome.