SAE looks like it is turning into a dragon?

[monik]

I recently had two Cory's die and on the advice of a fish store clerk I did a huge almost 80% water change so my parameters are now pretty well all zero. ph is 7.6. While I was cleaning the tank I removed the other fish and I noticed that one of my Siamese Algae Eaters is looking abnormal. I have had two SAE's for over a year and now one is looking very fat and it's scales are spiky.

Its a 25 gallon tank, a few plants and 6 other tetras. I have been googling and I haven't found anything like this. Please see photo.

 

[cgthebeast]

Looks like pine coneing to me which is caused by dropsy

 

[KingKoopa512]

The dreaded dropsy

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[platylover26]

+1 to all the posts above. It does look like dropsy to me too. I found some info on it:
How to Diagnose and Treat Dropsy in Aquarium Fish

Aquarium Fish - Dropsy - Disease Identification, Diagnosis & Treatment

 

[KingKoopa512]

You can try clout but that is a last resort but looks like it might come to using it

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[Delapool]

You can try clout but that is a last resort but looks like it might come to using it

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Just kind of curious on how this would help? No sick fish or anything, out of interest.

 

[KingKoopa512]

Nevermind sorry clout is for bloat i got them confused

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[Tropical Aquarist]

Mardel Clout is for ick(Kills all life stages of ick unlike other meds within 24-48 hours), and some parasites, hexamita.

Bloat 99% is not treatable unfortunately

 

[KingKoopa512]

Well glad i have this forum, i was told wrong thanks all for the info

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[Tropical Aquarist]

Well glad i have this forum, i was told wrong thanks all for the info

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I too am glad to have this forum!
Yeah I don't think it says anything about bloat in the package, pretty sure

 

[Rianyu]

Definitly dropsy. Dropsy isn't a disease on its own but more of a symptom caused by infection. It's hard to recover from dropsy, but there are some articles online that detail possible treatments to help with survival rate.

It's most likely a water problem (and seems your LFS agrees). I would keep doing water changes and monitor any other fish in the tank.

Does your SAE look like it may have been injured? The only time I've dealt with dropsy personally was with a betta that had been tearing its fins. Salt baths seemed to make him feel better, but ultimately I lost him.

Good luck