Fishes having Dropsy usually show this symptom of 'Pine cone appearance'
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The belly of the fish becomes distended, some times accompanied by ulcers.
The eyes may protrude or may be sunken. The scales frequently stick out, giving a 'pine cone' applearance.
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Give a salt bath
Create a salt bath by adding no more than 2.5 teaspoons of Epsom salt for every ten gallons of water in the hospital tank. The magnesium sulfate in the Epsom salts may help to draw the excess water out of the fish's body that caused it to swell.
Feed with antibacterial fish food
You can either purchase prepared antibacterial fish food or make your own by creating a 1% mixture of fish food and an antibiotic like chloromycetin or tetracycline.
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