Comments on: Raised scales and inflated body in my Koi fish.What can I do? http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/18/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/ My personal blog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:28:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bbh http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/18/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-320 bbh Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:46:16 +0000 http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/vizsla/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/#comment-320 this is dropsy as previously stated due to poor water quality do the water change but slowly as it's so cold remove the fish and put him in a separate tank/small pond and add aquatic salt (NOT table salt) at one ounce per 10 gallons and keep him in there until he shows signs of distress IE swimming on his side then replace him in the pond with the others this is not infectious just a stress reaction to poor quality water you can if possible add an air pump to the salt tank to keep the fish in longer the longer he can stay in it the better but you may still lose him this is dropsy as previously stated due to poor water quality do the water change but slowly as it’s so cold
remove the fish and put him in a separate tank/small pond and add aquatic salt (NOT table salt) at one ounce per 10 gallons and keep him in there until he shows signs of distress IE swimming on his side then replace him in the pond with the others this is not infectious just a stress reaction to poor quality water you can if possible add an air pump to the salt tank to keep the fish in longer the longer he can stay in it the better but you may still lose him

]]> By: ice queen http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/18/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-319 ice queen Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:30:13 +0000 http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/vizsla/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/#comment-319 some have found a injection of antibiotics have worked ,its not contagious itself but the cause of the dropsy is. A lot of ponds this time of the year are suffering due to the temperature change. you can take your koi out and give him a 6percent salt bath for 30 minuets and put him back if that does not work you can treat him in a tank bring him in and do a 3 percent salt bath and turn up the temperature in the tank some have found a injection of antibiotics have worked ,its not contagious itself but the cause of the dropsy is. A lot of ponds this time of the year are suffering due to the temperature change.
you can take your koi out and give him a 6percent salt bath for 30 minuets and put him back if that does not work you can treat him in a tank bring him in and do a 3 percent salt bath and turn up the temperature in the tank

]]> By: morph_888 http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/18/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-318 morph_888 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:05:12 +0000 http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/vizsla/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/#comment-318 It's called dropsy. Check your water quality, and give him medicated food. It's almost impossible for a fish to completely recover from dropsy. It's often a sign of old age or cancer, and it's caused by organ failure. It happens in humans, too. It’s called dropsy. Check your water quality, and give him medicated food.

It’s almost impossible for a fish to completely recover from dropsy. It’s often a sign of old age or cancer, and it’s caused by organ failure.

It happens in humans, too.

]]> By: itaylior http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/18/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-317 itaylior Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:24:35 +0000 http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/vizsla/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/#comment-317 i cant remember what it was called but 3 of my koi had this years ago and a book i had at the time advised to put them in a tank of some sort and put them in a shed. at the time it was winter and it said to warm them slowly we did it with an electric heater in the shed (no more than room temp), then add normal table salt to the water, i cant remember the amount but if you find out this did actually work, two of them survived. i cant remember what it was called but 3 of my koi had this years ago and a book i had at the time advised to put them in a tank of some sort and put them in a shed. at the time it was winter and it said to warm them slowly we did it with an electric heater in the shed (no more than room temp), then add normal table salt to the water, i cant remember the amount but if you find out this did actually work, two of them survived.

]]> By: jas b http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/18/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-316 jas b Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:15:52 +0000 http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/vizsla/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/#comment-316 flush him/her away flush him/her away

]]> By: fishrfine75 http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/18/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-315 fishrfine75 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:11:30 +0000 http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/vizsla/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/#comment-315 your koi has dropsy. quarentine him. dropsy is a sign of extemely poor water quality, and is a disease, so do a water change, immediatly. Your koi might not live, I just want to warn you right now your koi has dropsy. quarentine him. dropsy is a sign of extemely poor water quality, and is a disease, so do a water change, immediatly. Your koi might not live, I just want to warn you right now

]]> By: admin http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/18/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-373 admin Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:41:39 +0000 http://www.rosscoe.co.uk/vizsla/raised-scales-and-inflated-body-in-my-koi-fishwhat-can-i-do/#comment-373 I certainly agree that the fish might not live. However, I don't believe that dropsy is contagious, in fact I have a fish swimming around in my pond that has had all of the signs of dropsy for at least two years now. Sometimes it looks a little slimmer than other times but it's still swimming around and still feeding. I certainly agree that the fish might not live. However, I don’t believe that dropsy is contagious, in fact I have a fish swimming around in my pond that has had all of the signs of dropsy for at least two years now. Sometimes it looks a little slimmer than other times but it’s still swimming around and still feeding.

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