My mom had a goldfish that looked like it swallowed a tennis ball! It
seemed otherwise healthy enough, but my husband decided to do "surgery" on
it to see what that growth was. It was all water inside. Needless to say,
the goldfish is no more, but what would have been wrong with it? A cyst?
Carolyn

"Henry & Carolyn" wrote in message
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My mom had a goldfish that looked like it swallowed a tennis ball! It
seemed otherwise healthy enough, but my husband decided to do "surgery" on
it to see what that growth was. It was all water inside. Needless to
say, the goldfish is no more, but what would have been wrong with it? A
cyst?
Carolyn
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Dropsy or pinecone disease. I've never had one survive this disease.
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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 08:48:05 -0400, "Henry & Carolyn"
wrote:

My mom had a goldfish that looked like it swallowed a tennis ball! It
seemed otherwise healthy enough, but my husband decided to do "surgery" on
it to see what that growth was. It was all water inside. Needless to say,
the goldfish is no more, but what would have been wrong with it? A cyst?
Carolyn

See Dropsy: http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/disease/disease.htm
~ jan
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My MIL had a large goldfish that did that. He went on that way for a little
over a year and then suddenly started to decline. It seemed at the time
that the trouble began when she netted him out of the pond to try to 'cure'
him so he wouldn't die while she was gone on an upcoming trip. He couldn't
handle the stress and finally had to be put down. He was barely alive.
Just enough to say he wasn't dead. It was truly disturbing to see him.
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"Henry & Carolyn" wrote in message
...
My mom had a goldfish that looked like it swallowed a tennis ball! It
seemed otherwise healthy enough, but my husband decided to do "surgery"
on it to see what that growth was. It was all water inside. Needless to
say, the goldfish is no more, but what would have been wrong with it? A
cyst?
Carolyn
===================
Dropsy or pinecone disease. I've never had one survive this disease.
--
KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~~ }((((({*