One of my female hongsoli showed up with dropsy. It actually looks quite progressive which seems odd since she was fine 2 days ago. My thought was to put her in a 5 gallon pail with 3 gallons of water and almost 1 teaspoon of epson salt and a dose of furan-2. Is this a reasonable treatment ? Given the rate of the swelling i kind of doubt she willl make it but i figure i might as well as try since i have the material on hand - is this a decent treatment or would you suggest some other treatment ?
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The bigger question is why is this happening. The tank she is in is a 29 and the water quality is relatively clean - i do a 40% water change twice a week and generally make an effort to not over feed and keep this tank very clean. The nitrate level is well controlled (10ish maybe a wee bit lower). There is some flux in water temp by a couple of degree when i do water changes but i try to make it not too far off. She isn't that old - maybe 14 months old. The other fishes in the tank seem to be doing fine.
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The bigger question is why is this happening. The tank she is in is a 29 and the water quality is relatively clean - i do a 40% water change twice a week and generally make an effort to not over feed and keep this tank very clean. The nitrate level is well controlled (10ish maybe a wee bit lower). There is some flux in water temp by a couple of degree when i do water changes but i try to make it not too far off. She isn't that old - maybe 14 months old. The other fishes in the tank seem to be doing fine.