The day I after I decided my Malawi tank was virtually perfect DISASTER struck !!!

I awoke this morning and quickly noticed that one of the female Pseudotropheus was acting a little odd - on closer inspection I noticed she was really chubby lookng , with slightly bulging eyes and the scales seemed to be slightly sticking out. I thought it must be DROPSY but on further reading it could I suppose be egg-bound or bloated . She is swiming in the same place , mid tank in the plants.

Any thoughts?

I currently only have ONE tank as I gave my spare to my daughter as she was desparate to have an aquarium in her flat.

What should I do ??

Simply leave her alone or pull her out and put her out of her misery ??

I have used a multi purpose treatment which includes Dropsy -eSHa 2000.

I find it esential to keep a small tank for situations like this. dosing the whole tank gets very expencive with meds.
If you could hook up a airstone in a clean plastic bucket i would treat the fish seperate to the main tank.I would add Aquatic salt to help relieve the swelling and go with the esha for now.
i have had little sucess getting fish over dropsy if it is in fact dropsy


good luck

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If it is dropsy, you should see a pine cone effect all over the fish's body. Very little success has been attained with dropsy...but if you're not sure..best to post a pic up? Esha is really good, I've used it many times, it's good for sensitive/delicate fish. You could try treating...Look at the lable that comes with the meds should be a chart inside with symptoms and then it will diagnose what you have. Personally I wouldn't go by it but if it is dropsy you should have a shot at trying to treat the fish for it and see what happens.

good luck

Well it worked a treat - the fish is 100% !

Hi there, be very careful as to the food you feed your fish. Food with as low as possible protein content is best, 33/34% or less. Salt is always a good thing to add when first you notice something wrong. Most of the bugs cannot tolerate even a small change is the salinity level and this causes them discomfort which in turn causes them to release.
Glad to hear the fish is 100%.