I have a 29 gallon freshwater tank. I have two pictus catfish, one seemingly normal but the other has a really swollen belly and doesn't act the same as the other...it keeps swimming up and down the side of the tank and trying to rub it's body on rock wall. I haven't seen it eat in a few days. These symptoms have just occured in the last week, and I have been watching it daily to see if it would go away but it keeps getting bigger. Here are my tank stats:
1. Water parameters. (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, PH, temp', Hardness etc) everything tests within a safe/non existant level. ph = 7.0, temp = 78 degrees)
2. A full description of the fishes symptoms.
3. How often you do water changes and how much. (Once a week, 20% change)
4. Any chemicals and treatments you add to the water ( Just within the last couple of weeks have added aquarium salt to the water, one tablespoon per 5 gallons)
5. What tank mates are in the tank. (one african butterfly, 1 figure8 puffer, 1 bronze cory catfish, 2 pictus catfish, 1 angelfish, 1 betta, 1 red tailed black shark, 2 fruit salad tetras, 2 zebra danios and two pearl danios)
6. Tank size. (29 gallons)
7. Finally Have you recently added any new fish (new fish added about a month ago includes the fish in question as well as the other pictus and the figure 8 puffer)
There are no missing fish that the pictus could have eaten to get bloated, I feed them flakes, frozen bloodwors and frozen krill. The Pictus both enjoy the krill, I am ondering if it has a buildup of krill shell in it's belly? Otherwise all fish are very healthy, my tank is about 2 years old and haven't had any fatalities.
Thanks!
1. Water parameters. (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, PH, temp', Hardness etc) everything tests within a safe/non existant level. ph = 7.0, temp = 78 degrees)
2. A full description of the fishes symptoms.
3. How often you do water changes and how much. (Once a week, 20% change)
4. Any chemicals and treatments you add to the water ( Just within the last couple of weeks have added aquarium salt to the water, one tablespoon per 5 gallons)
5. What tank mates are in the tank. (one african butterfly, 1 figure8 puffer, 1 bronze cory catfish, 2 pictus catfish, 1 angelfish, 1 betta, 1 red tailed black shark, 2 fruit salad tetras, 2 zebra danios and two pearl danios)
6. Tank size. (29 gallons)
7. Finally Have you recently added any new fish (new fish added about a month ago includes the fish in question as well as the other pictus and the figure 8 puffer)
There are no missing fish that the pictus could have eaten to get bloated, I feed them flakes, frozen bloodwors and frozen krill. The Pictus both enjoy the krill, I am ondering if it has a buildup of krill shell in it's belly? Otherwise all fish are very healthy, my tank is about 2 years old and haven't had any fatalities.
Thanks!
