swollen tummy

[teknikz]

my regal blue cichlid has a swollen tummy.....i dunno what it is....i do know its not preggers tho coz its the only 1 of its kind in the tank

is it serious?

 

[smb]

It could be.

Does he still eat and is he active?

For safety, see if you can feed him an unshelled pea.

 

[wetwetwet]

What do you currently feed them??

A varied diet is important.....

 

[teknikz]

i feed them frozen daphnia....granuals.....pellet food and flake....and blood works if i got them

i'll try that pea thing now

 

[smb]

Is he still active and eating the same now?

 

[teknikz]

well we got no peas....so i put some granuals in.....and it didnt really show much interest.....they not been fed for 2 days so i thought it'd dart for the food.....its swimmin a bit higher than usual and isnt as active as usuall

 

[smb]

OK, go buy some peas. If it's dropsy and you can get him to eat pease, it will help his digestive tract.

How is his activity level?

 

[teknikz]

its lower compared tom usual......he's stayin quite still....not sure if his eyes are swollen or not

 

[smb]

This is what I was afraid of when I saw your original post. Not saying it's dropsy for sure but it sure sounds like it.

Adding antiobitics to his food won't help I guess since he isn't eating. I would try to get him to eat a pea if possible and you might want to treat him with tetracycline or an available anti-internal parasite med if you believe it might be dropsy.

 

[teknikz]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

i dont want him to be ill.....he's lovely and was a birthday present

okay....i'll see how he is in the morning and then get some treatment

thanx

 

[snotirl]

Doesnt the scales pop out when fish have dropsy thats how u know it happened to my swordtail

 

[smb]

Doesnt the scales pop out when fish have dropsy thats how u know it happened to my swordtail

Not in the initial stages, which this sounds like it could possibly be.

It's entirely impossible for me to say for sure sitting behind my computer, teknikz. If I was there, I could tell you instantly but seeing as I can only go by your interpretations I could be wrong so hang in there and see what others think also if you are unsure.

 

[teknikz]

ok....im gonna take a pic now.....will be on here in 10 mins

 

[teknikz]

ok heres a link to a pic

sick cichlid

 

[smb]

Yea, most definately looks like dropsy to me. I never asked previously and forgot if you mentioned but has it been about 3 days now he's started looking like this?