Glo-Lie Tetra Distended Abdomen

[tinfoilsrock]

Hello out there!!

I have had my 29 gallon up for about 3 months now, its a tank of bloodfin (5), neon(7) and glowlight tetras(5). After working with larger fish for so long, I wanted to try a tank of smaller guys . The parameters are nitrate 0 ppm, nitrite 0 ppm, hardness 120, Alkalinity 80 ppm and a pH of about 7.4 with good aeration and my filter does about 250gallons an hour. Ive got a few live plants and just a gravel bottom, no plastic decoration, just plants and river rock for hiding.

I have notices that one of my glowlights has bloated up over about 2 days. His abdomen is pretty large and his coloration is suffering from it. I feed flake food once a day. This one glowlight it the only one like this. Normal feces and swims around with the rest of them. i am just curious to what this is.

I also have a 55 gallon with tinfoils and albino tiger barbs where one of the tiger barbs abdomen is quite distended. It has been like that for 3-4 years now. (i don't have this tank with me, i had to temporarily leave it with my parent becasue I moved cross country, thats another issue i will have to deal with, trying to get the to the east coast where i am now )

but in general, this distended abdomen, i am just curious to see what every one thinks it

Thanks!!
(I cant figure out how to make my picture small enough to upload)

 

[tinfoilsrock]

whoops, title was suppose to read... "Glowlight tetra, distended abdomen"

 

[KittyKat]

Try not feeding for a day or two and see if it improves. Can you provide a photo?

 

[HayzH]

google Photobucket, this will give you an option to save a link and post it here in the reply box..

 

[MBOU]

I would say that, so long as its scales arent pineconed (search "dropsy") then you most likely have a very gravid female carrying eggs, it can always make them look awful and swollen up...

I guess there are chances it might be internal bacteria or tumour but less likely

 

[tinfoilsrock]

Thanks for the picture advice.

You can see from the picture that the Dorsal fin is tattered, im unsure when this occurred and if it is related to the abdomen.
I couldnt get a picture from the front, that's when you really can see it, but i will keep trying.

http/www.flickr.com/photos/cdevore/6144586596/

http/www.flickr.com/photos/cdevore/6144586152/

 

[KittyKat]

From those photos, I think constipated is more likely than egg bound. If it was eggs, the bulge would be further back along the body.

 

[MBOU]

Agreed, it is very far forwards....

Increase the fibre in the diet a bit, more spirulina etc and a bit less protein, get something like Tetra Pro Vegetable or something to supplement food, kinda like giving them All Bran