Fat Koi, Pregnant or sick?

[glorybug]

I have a koi that has bloated up. From past experience I first thought it was pregnant but now I'm sure it's Bloat, Pinecone Syndrome or dropsy. None of my other fish are affected

A picture of the fish is here- http://glorybug.blogspot.com/2009/06/fish-one.html

I am a natural pond enthusist, and not an expert. I have cleaned the filter and put tea tree oil and alfalfa in the pond. Would adding more salt help? Is there anything else I can do that is natural?

This fish has lived longer than the info I've researched- even though bloated, it's been almost 3 months and she's still alive. As I've said, I'm no expert- my children think the fish is male.

Any help on fish bloat that is natural? I never take the koi out of the pond, so isolation won't work.

I've heard that sometimes koi with bloat get better for no reason at all. Are there ways to encourage this?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

[BBK]

Dropsy for sure. Bad thing is dropsy is not a disease, it is a symptom of something worse. Usually a sign of poor water quality.

If you ask the question in the tropical fish emergency section, you will get tons of info. There is an expert named 'wilder' that knows everything there is to know about desieses. If you post the same thing you just posted here over there, she will help you out.
http://www.fishforums.net/

 

[DrCase]

Welcome to the forum..
My koi lay eggs...
Some thing is wrong with that koi ...but i dont know what it is

 

[DrDave]

Give her a place to lay her eggs and do a partial water change. If it is eggs, she will lay them. If not, then it may indeed be another condition.

 

[Nanimal]

I have a koi that has bloated up. From past experience I first thought it was pregnant but now I'm sure it's Bloat, Pinecone Syndrome or dropsy. None of my other fish are affected

A picture of the fish is here- http://glorybug.blogspot.com/2009/06/fish-one.html

I am a natural pond enthusist, and not an expert. I have cleaned the filter and put tea tree oil and alfalfa in the pond. Would adding more salt help? Is there anything else I can do that is natural?

This fish has lived longer than the info I've researched- even though bloated, it's been almost 3 months and she's still alive. As I've said, I'm no expert- my children think the fish is male.

Any help on fish bloat that is natural? I never take the koi out of the pond, so isolation won't work.

I've heard that sometimes koi with bloat get better for no reason at all. Are there ways to encourage this?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

I hope this will help others, as I'm sure your pinecone looking koi did not last long after looking like a pinecone. I looked this up after my friend told me her koi was pregnant, even tho she read they lay eggs. Anyway, I felt awful for not looking at her fish. She had 8. After her fish died, she sent me a photo and it made me feel sick, as it was obviously NOT pregnant or full of eggs. People need to look this stuff up! It was so easy to find that her fish had Dropsy and it died a horrible horrible death. Early treatment could have saved its life and saved it from much suffering. The photos haunt me and I could not believe someone could have thought the fish was pregnant. People need to learn all they can about the animals/fish they have. As a Vet Tech and State Humane Officer who truly loves animals, I research them all when I want to learn about them. I hope you have kept an eye out and learned about problems Koi have.

 

[Mmathis]

@Nanimal Thank you for your reply, but this thread is about 13 years old. I seriously doubt that the OP is still around.

 

[GBBUDD]

i just read some of her posts elsewhere on the web. if i had to guess they drank the kool aid when hailbop came close

heres one of there statements

Yesterday there were at least 11 honeybees that we rescued from the pool. I've never had honeybees in my pool. Are they all committing suicide?

this is where dodo dodo dododo is playing in the back ground

 

[Lisak1]

Nothing worse than a depressed honey bee… the buzz is gone.

 

[GBBUDD]

Oh yes there is .......... karen who thinks honey bees commit suicide