I think I caught my guppy in the early stages of dropsy

Hello, oh god I’m so sad this happened. I always read articles about how when fish get dropsy and start pineconing it’s over for them. Around two weeks ago my aunt gave me this female guppy because my male to female ratio wasn’t perfect yet. She probably got her from a friend or something. Me not having any quarantaine tanks just acclimated her (the good way with slowly adding aquarium water Into her bucket every 30 minutes) everything was going great, she eats good is very active and has vibrant colours. But today I noticed something off. Her belly was bloated like always and I just assumed she was pregnant. But then I saw her scales sticking out when I was looking from above and realised she was pineconing. I had also noticed the last week some white poop in the aquarium but didn’t know from which fish it was so I didn’t do anything but observe in hope to find more symptoms. It’s probably from her and I think she might have internal parasites if that’s the case. So that’s great. Is there any way I can save her? She’s my prettiest female guppy and I really like her Other then the pineconing and bloating she’s perfectly healthy. Down below I attached a few pictures of her bloat and a few pictures of her pineconing (I couldn’t get a good picture from above because she was really fast so I temporarily for around 1 minute put her in that bowl to make a good picture from above). I really hope someone can help me because this is my first time dealing with dropsy and I have no idea what to do. Kind regards Mups

 

I don't think there's any "perfect" ratio of male to female guppies. The principle I follow is to make sure females are not outnumbered by males. Females are bigger than males, so they can do just fine in even numbers. It's when females get ganged up on that there can be problems.

There's disagreement over what is the "good" way to acclimate. Many people use the plop and drop method, where you float to equalize the temperature, then net out the fish and drop them into the tank.

Dropsy is a symptom of an underlying condition, often organ failure. Unfortunately, when a fish pinecones, it's not in the early stages of a disease, it's in the late stages of a disease. I know there are lots of suggestions on things to try, but personally I've never saved a fish that pineconed, and I don't know anyone else who has either.

 

Oh no that’s really bad Do you know what’s the best thing to do now? I don’t want her to suffer so if it has to come to that I can euthanise her. That seems the best option that comes in my mind right now.

 

I don't think there's any "perfect" ratio of male to female guppies. The principle I follow is to make sure females are not outnumbered by males. Females are bigger than males, so they can do just fine in even numbers. It's when females get ganged up on that there can be problems.

There's disagreement over what is the "good" way to acclimate. Many people use the plop and drop method, where you float to equalize the temperature, then net out the fish and drop them into the tank.

Dropsy is a symptom of an underlying condition, often organ failure. Unfortunately, when a fish pinecones, it's not in the early stages of a disease, it's in the late stages of a disease. I know there are lots of suggestions on things to try, but personally I've never saved a fish that pineconed, and I don't know anyone else who has either.

I agree. Only thing is this fish doesn't seem to show Dropsy to me. White / thin pooh might point to something else or even adapting to new food and environment. Dropsy isn't contagious so simply wait and see what happens.
Keep the water pristine.

 

Okay that’s great to hear! To keep the water pristine would it be recommended to maybe do a really small water change every other day? Like 10-20% maybe. I heard that keeps the water quality really good.

 

Also, I have some medicine against fungus and bacterial infections, would that help? I can feed them some deshelled boiled peas too because I heard that helps with the digestive track.