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My live bearers have bin getting sick its a wired diseaes in which they'r scales kinda pop out and beffor dieing they swim around and hit the tank walls theres not much color loss and the waters chemestry is fine any ideas and when this happed i had 4 guppies,1 betta i angel fish,1 lemmon tettra 2 mollies and 2 plecos in a 45 gallon tank they mostly died and have only the plaecos a tetra and 1 guppie left i tryed some fungus medication but it faied and then 2 weeks or so i tryed an ich tratment and that failed any ideas?

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they could be bloated, try boiling some peas and taking them out of the shell, mashing them slightly and feed a little bit at a time. If they are bloated this should help them to clear their systems.

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Scales sticking out sounds like dropsy to me. It is neither fungus nor ich, which is probably why those meds didn't work.

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I did a Google for fish Dropsy and came up with this. If you do a Images Google there are plenty of photo there of Dropsy.

Keith

The treatment methods for dropsy in fish usually involve the administration of antibiotics, though this may not be entirely effective. The best way to administer an antibiotic medication to a fish with dropsy is to add the medication directly to a fish’s daily food portion. As long as your fish is still eating, they will consume the medicated food before the antibiotic ingredient dissipates into the water. If you are feeding your fish a live or frozen diet, try to maintain a 1% ratio of the antibiotic ingredient to the amount of food. For live food, it may be necessary to prepare a diluted solution of the antibiotic and water, and then insert this solution directly into live food organisms by using a syringe. Try to only feed afflicted fish the medicated food, as they should already have been kept in a quarantine tank.



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thnaks i forgot to mension this but its usually my livebearers and yes they did seem bloated

>>>>>>a learning experience as an aquarist can be fun but you must be ready to take and obey advice and criticism but most of all be patient<<<<<<<