I have a small comet fish. And please read everything before you make a guess on what is the matter with my fish please. Some parts may sound like neglect but I assure you it's not done on purpose since I left my fish in my brother's hands when I went off to college.
Several weeks ago I noticed that my comet has sluggish and I decided to do a slight water change, thinking maybe the water was poor. It seemed to liven up a bit, but its appetite was little to nothing even with the water change. It was then a few weeks later, I found that my brother hadn't changed the filter for two months. I changed it along with another clean tank, leaving just a little bit of the old water sp the water was not just water with a running filter. Even with the water change and filter it was still sluggish. Then someone told me that purhaps the water was too cold. That I suppose was the problem also so I bought a heater. It livened up my fish for another few days. Its appetite grew a little. But now that I look into my tank my comet is still sluggish but it is alot more active than it was.
Now the problem was this. Two days ago I noticed something odd about its eyes as they seemed bigger to me. I made a guess of Popeye and I chated with a member of this guild whos fish also had popeye and she gave me some advise. Currently I'm treating it with Melafix to slow down the infection until I have the time and the chance to get to the pet store for some antibotics. But today, while looking in the tank I noticed several scales floating in the tank. And it belonged to my comet. (there are three other tank mates but they don't seem aggressive) I took my comet out of the tank it is in holding. It seemed bloated to me, even though its appetite isn't large, its fins aren't down and it doesn't seem sick other than some of its physical changes and lost of appetite swimming is slow but it doesn't stay in the corner all the time like it use to.
So here are the symptoms
arrow Larger eyes *which I've guessed popeye*
arrow loss of apetite * will only eat once the food is in the water and not at the surface and will only eat a little*
arrow lost of active activity, there is still some it still swims about the tank.
arrow Scales are falling off *I thought dropsy but the scales aren't sticking out
arrow Seems bloated *Which I'm also assuming dropsy, but my brother is just saying its just growing and filling in
stare *
arrow It moves its eyes around often.
Here are some photos not the best quality but its the best I could do.
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