HI, I just dicovered one of my black moors have dropsy 
I put him in a hospital tank & found this article:
'I'm in no way any kind of expert, but I just wanted to share what I learned from a dropsy episode with my fish with the hopes of perhaps helping someone else someday. When my fish first got it, I didn't have any hope, because I had heard that it was difficult to cure.
'With a lot of help and suggestions from people in this forum, esp. Uptongirl and Violetedawn, as well as some other resources, my fish's case of dropsy has been diminished if not 'cured'.
'Have no idea what caused his kidney function to fail/decrease. I'm guessing it was bacterial or viral because Kanacyn seemed to do the trick.
'Treatment was in stages as I changed things as I found out about stuff. I have no clue what actually helped--or if it was something I should not have done--so I'm putting everything here:
1. Had him in Maracyn II for about a day.
2. When I got Kanacyn, I put that in the water instead (did not use the 2 together).
3. Tried to keep temp as warm as possible--was a bit difficult because we have air conditioning and he's at work. Some sites say they upped the water temp to 86C for gold fish. I think his water was probably around 70-72C. But if you're changing temp, please do it slowly as not to stress or harm your fish.
4. Shielded his tank from stressful light by making a black paper 'box' with some air and peep holes cut out. This really seemed to help.
5. Added some epsom salt to his Kanacyn water. (1 tsp for 5 gallons of water.)
6. I was changing his water every other day--100% change. I also kept the water for changes in the same room as the fish tank so it would be about the same temperature when I changed his water.
Notes: The epsom salt helped his swelling. I was so afraid that he'd burst or something he looked so swollen. I'm sure he probably felt more comfortable, too.
'Read medication instructions carefully and follow them to the T. It mentions not combining with other chemicals unless compatible with the medication.
'This is really important! I used only Kanacyn and epsom salt together in untreated tap water but I could get away with this because our tap water is drawn from artesian wells and is not treated with chlorine. So I didn't have to use water conditioners or anything to prep his water. I would not normally do this, but I wasn't sure if the chemicals would combine OK with the medication.
'If you have to treat your water, you might want to get help from someone who's a lot more knowledgable about water conditioning.
HAS ANYONE EVER TRIED THIS BEFORE? Did you have any sucess treating dropsy another way? Also,, are there different types of epsom salts??? I don't know much about salt but I have this epsom salt that reads "epsom salts magnesium sulfate - bath salts for a relaxing bath" would that be appropriate? Also is it okay if i mix kencyn with epsom salt and water conditioned with "aqua plus"? Any help would be appreciated.
I put him in a hospital tank & found this article:'I'm in no way any kind of expert, but I just wanted to share what I learned from a dropsy episode with my fish with the hopes of perhaps helping someone else someday. When my fish first got it, I didn't have any hope, because I had heard that it was difficult to cure.
'With a lot of help and suggestions from people in this forum, esp. Uptongirl and Violetedawn, as well as some other resources, my fish's case of dropsy has been diminished if not 'cured'.
'Have no idea what caused his kidney function to fail/decrease. I'm guessing it was bacterial or viral because Kanacyn seemed to do the trick.
'Treatment was in stages as I changed things as I found out about stuff. I have no clue what actually helped--or if it was something I should not have done--so I'm putting everything here:
1. Had him in Maracyn II for about a day.
2. When I got Kanacyn, I put that in the water instead (did not use the 2 together).
3. Tried to keep temp as warm as possible--was a bit difficult because we have air conditioning and he's at work. Some sites say they upped the water temp to 86C for gold fish. I think his water was probably around 70-72C. But if you're changing temp, please do it slowly as not to stress or harm your fish.
4. Shielded his tank from stressful light by making a black paper 'box' with some air and peep holes cut out. This really seemed to help.
5. Added some epsom salt to his Kanacyn water. (1 tsp for 5 gallons of water.)
6. I was changing his water every other day--100% change. I also kept the water for changes in the same room as the fish tank so it would be about the same temperature when I changed his water.
Notes: The epsom salt helped his swelling. I was so afraid that he'd burst or something he looked so swollen. I'm sure he probably felt more comfortable, too.
'Read medication instructions carefully and follow them to the T. It mentions not combining with other chemicals unless compatible with the medication.
'This is really important! I used only Kanacyn and epsom salt together in untreated tap water but I could get away with this because our tap water is drawn from artesian wells and is not treated with chlorine. So I didn't have to use water conditioners or anything to prep his water. I would not normally do this, but I wasn't sure if the chemicals would combine OK with the medication.
'If you have to treat your water, you might want to get help from someone who's a lot more knowledgable about water conditioning.
HAS ANYONE EVER TRIED THIS BEFORE? Did you have any sucess treating dropsy another way? Also,, are there different types of epsom salts??? I don't know much about salt but I have this epsom salt that reads "epsom salts magnesium sulfate - bath salts for a relaxing bath" would that be appropriate? Also is it okay if i mix kencyn with epsom salt and water conditioned with "aqua plus"? Any help would be appreciated.
