Poorly Cichlid

[Xaviersmum]

My chiclid is unwell can some body help. I have a chiclid who is about 3 years old, he last week started to swim strange with his bottom down as if heavy, the aquatic shop said he maybe constipated and to give him lots of red blod worm, we did this and also put some medicine in the tank as intructed for internal parasites. Over the week he is acting as if he is getting heavier and heavier and now hardly is able to move from the bottom of the tank. He today has sstayed there all day, only to move a little when food arraived. His colour is not bad - most of the time high, and he also has two large boil types things appeared on his pectral fin. I have pictures of him and his boils. He does look slightly bloated. We have 300 litre tank and have always struggled with nitarte and currently are trying to bring as low as possible. No one appears to know what is wrong and we are very worried as he is our baby. PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP!!!!!!! Thanks

 

[Tolak]

One of the worst things to give a constipated fish is a high protein food like bloodworms. Feeding a shelled cooked pea often helps, epsom salt in the water or a tiny bit sprinkled on food helps as well. I would try the shelled pea first, as the fish is still eating. To dose with epsom salt start with one teaspoon per 10 gallons of tank water, increasing by a teaspoon per 10 gallons daily for a few days to bring it up to three teaspoons per 10 gallons.

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