Is my pond fish egg bound or has tumour or dropsy

[Ronnieger]

Hi there. New member. I have garden pond 8000litrw with mix of koi goldfish and plants ive noticed couple of fish very bloated can you advise if with eggs or tumour or dropsy

 

[Nevermore44]

kinda looks like it has dropsy with the pineconing of the scales there. How are the water parameters ?

 

[Ronnieger]

kinda looks like it has dropsy with the pineconing of the scales there. How are the water parameters ?

Hi there all my water tests show water is spot on. The fish is still eating but noticed it hiding in some plants in the pond

 

[Nevermore44]

Are the scales raised off his/her skin?

 

[Ronnieger]

Are the scales raised off his/her skin?

Tried to catch it again to check but its disappeared. Im not sure if scales were raised when i had it out pond earlier

 

[j.w]

@Ronnieger in that photo above it looks like they sure could be raised scales. I've never had a case of dropsy so can't help you w/what to do if it is but others here will help.

 

[Ronnieger]

View attachment 121979@Ronnieger in that photo above it looks like they sure could be raised scales. I've never had a case of dropsy so can't help you w/what to do if it is but others here will help.

Thanks. I think i may humanely put it out its misery.

 

[Ronnieger]

Here are more pics of fish. Its still eating. Ant ideas if it is droppsy?

 

[j.w]

Maybe google "Symtoms of Dropsy in a goldfish" and there may be photo's and explanations of what to look for to see if it is really dropsy. I just did and came up w/this one site but they tell you to use all different kinds of meds and I have no clue if those are safe to use or not. https://puregoldfish.com/dropsy/

 

[Ronnieger]

Sadly fish has died. I have checked all water tests and my pond is 100% safe.

 

[mrsclem]

Sadly fish has died. I have checked all water tests and my pond is 100% safe.

Sorry you lost the fish. You said there were several that looked bloated. Have you added any fish to your pond lately?

 

[Ronnieger]

Yes 3 gold fish all looking healthy and eating well.

 

[Tula]

Definitely dropsy I'm sorry for the loss of your fish.

 

[mrsclem]

Yes 3 gold fish all looking healthy and eating well.

It's possible the new fish brought some kind of disease into your pond. It's always a good idea to quarantine any new fish for a couple of weeks.