I went on vacation for a week, and when I came back, my oranda was showing some signs for what I believe to be dropsy.
Her belly is really swollen and her scales are beginning to raise. One of her cheeks is really swollen and she's got a large swollen white spot around her eye. She has some...
I'm a Fisheries undergrad and in my class we had to tag live fish. We used clove oil, which acts as a numbing agent and slows their respiration.
In larger quantities it also can euthanize fish.
I have done this three times for my own personal fish.
I had a golden dojo loach with wasting away...