Fish looks bloated, how do I treat?
- Thread starter wtusa17
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Its fins look fine
If it is internal you can try API general cure, but if he swelled up overnight he is unlikely to make it
If it is internal you can try API general cure, but if he swelled up overnight he is unlikely to make it
API general cure does not cure bloating, it cures internal parasites.
Internal parasites do not cause bloating.
wtusa17
Fish Addict
It says cures abdominal swelling
wtusa17
Fish Addict
Ok. What happened then?
It treats internal worms, if it is that. If it is an
Internal infection (dropsy)
Salty&Onion
Fish Aficionado
Try giving it de shelled thawed peas and maybe an epsom salt bath, it should move everything that is inside the fish. Worked with my swordtail girls when they were seriously constipated and were swimming with their heads down and moving rapidly all their fins to prevent themselves from going up.
Try that, and if its a beginning of dropsy do the salt method of 3 tablespoons for 5 L bucket and aerating the water for 30 minutes.
Try that, and if its a beginning of dropsy do the salt method of 3 tablespoons for 5 L bucket and aerating the water for 30 minutes.
wtusa17
Fish Addict
Ok. What happened then?
ok. It’s not eating. How do I know what I need to do?
Thawed peas will work. Cut them in half, if he can't fit them in his mouth.
Is the fish still at the bottom of the tank?
Thawed peas will only work if hes constipated
Salty&Onion
Fish Aficionado
Get epsom salts, get a 5 L bucket, airstone and put 3 tablespoons of salt to the bucket and dissolve, aerate the water for 30 minutes then put in the fish for 10 minutes which you can do twice for 10 minutes only and then just see if the fish perks up overnight. Magic.
Sure, we'd need other symptoms.
wtusa17
Fish Addict
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