Swelling of abdomen, raised scales around swollen area. It makes sense to understand fibroids and how to determine if they are behind your weight gain. There is a platy with what looks like dropsy – its stomach is bloated, and the scales on its side are sticking out. Can you post a picture of her from a top view (looking down). His scales are starting to stick out. Leave it be and you will have baby snails in a while. Two, your fish might have a serious illness called Dropsy that can be fatal to fish. It is optional to keep the filter in and out but I think is better out and try to change the water 25% after 1-2 days and repeat the procedure like I mention above. OK I am not sure what is going on but for the last couple of days we had one platy out of three that was always hanging out around the cover but would come out for food. Figuring out exactly what Symptoms your fish is showing can go along way twoards a diagnosis. Greetings all! The fish did not live but wanted to post the information everybody gave me in the first post so those in the future can have access to the information. my platy has fattend up and her scales are sticking out almost looks like a pineapple If she has all three of these symtoms, (Bloating, Scales sticking up, and white, stringy waste) your fish unfortunately has Dropsy. If not treated soon the fish will die. Thank you so much for the help that you gave me last e-mail! When i first got her she was a little big but not as big as now. The eyes will bulge out from the trapped fluids beneath. Platy Stats Minimum Tank Size: 10 Gallons (45 Litres) Care Level: Easy Water Conditions: 7-8.5 pH and Medium to Hard Temperature: 20-26 °C (68-79 °F) Maximum Size: 2 1/2 Inches (6 cm) The common platy (Xiphophorus), also known as the southern platyfish or mickey mouse platy is a small, popular live-bearing fish. Dropsy usually signals internal infection and … In the last e-mail I sent to you, I didn't know whether my platy (Tam'ra) was bloated, had dropsy, or was pregnant, but as of yesterday, I found out. If you notice the disease in its advanced stages, there isn’t anything you can do to save the lives of angelfish that are affected. I think the fish loses the ability to regulate the amount of water in its body and swells up. If you notice that your bettas scales are sticking out the wrong way (making him look like a pinecone) then it’s dropsy that he’s suffering from. my fish is wrather old about a year or more and hes been fine so i no its not preg cause its been with the same other one so there both male but last 3-4 days he started to look bloated and his scales stick up like spikey hair or blowfish looking? Perhaps she has an anal prolapse that got infected (hence the fuzzy stuff). Yet, the growth of fibroids within your uterus can cause this type of physical changes. P.S. Dropsy disease is the result of organ failure from cancer or poor environmental conditions. Discussion Starter • #1 • Mar 2, 2010. does anyone no what this is ?? It is highly likely that your fish is either pregnant, fat or just bloated. I have a dwarf gourami that is bloated all over and his scales are fanned out looking. ?I’m panicking, I was fasting her for a few days because her swim bladder was bloated and now it looks like her scales are sticking out... My dad thinks she looks fine, I’m very worried and I don’t know what to do. Bloated appearence with scales that stick out like a pine cone. I've had my tank for around 2 months and on one of my red wag platy's today I noticed a long white string hanging out the back the fish. UPDATE ===== Thanks for the suggestions everybody. It is important that you monitor and ensure that your fish stays healthy. The female platy looks in a bad way. Platy non-illness 8/11/05 Hi there! However, if the tank is well maintained, partial water changes are performed regularly, and the fish are fed nutritional food, the odds of popeye striking is greatly diminished. Does anyone know if she could be pregnant? I feed them (and 10 other types of fish) flakes every day and blood worms/dried shrinp every other day. She does seem to have black spot near the tail end though which I read could mean pregnant. Dropsy (Malawi Bloat) may be caused by internal bacterial infection (if swelling is sudden), parasites, or cancer (if swelling is gradual). SO since it had a fat belly I started to think maybe it was pregnant and was just trying to lay low and have a safe place for teh fry. Even well-fed, pregnant fish don't stick the scales out unless they are ill. Search "bloat". Sticking out scales is dropsy, a symptom of several diseases rather than a disease itself. I have a orange platy with black fins she is fat but lately i have noticed she is getting way fatter. When a platy fish becomes pregnant, it will gradually take on a darker external coloration. You won’t have to wait for any eggs to hatch. Often, female platies in a tank in the presence of even one male for even as much as a minute can result in her being impregnated and able to store sufficient sperm to continue producing young for as much as 6 … Basically what causes dropsy is organ failure (typically the kidneys), which ruins the fish's ability to osmoregulate--thus, the uncontrollable bloating with scales sticking out, and the fish's eventual death. The kidneys shut down and the fish retains fluid. Platy fish bloated and his scales stick up like spikey hair ? It is still eating and acting pretty normally. These fish are livebearers, which means the fish come out of the mother swimming freely. pineconing is very bad (scales sticking out like a pinecone). Last e-mail mother swimming freely every 5 gallons of water and monitor two. 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