Naz_Nomad Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 A little advice, please folks and folkettes. My Featherfin catfish looks pregnant(swolled abdomen) and has darkened in colour to the point his spots are fading and from being very lazy and hidden is now even lazier/lethargic and won't even lift his gorgeous fins more than is necessary whereas he used to have a daily constitutional around the tank and was quite active in the evenings. I haven't noticed protruding scales as yet, but he is no longer sleek and streamlined and it is only the abdominal area that is swollen. Abdominal Dropsy? Or worse? I don't have a hospital/isolation tank to put him in solitary. Water quality is excellent... pH 7.0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5 Temp 25.3 at last glance He's been in the tank for about 5 months quite happily. 180 litre tank living with 5 keyhole cichlids, 10 tetras and a Ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Epsons salt can help relieve the swelling but unless you find out whats going on it wont achieve much.. It could be anything internal blockage/damage dropsy, some sort of bloat, worms etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Yeah, cheers. I am just hoping that the "bloating" is part of the maturing process as featherfins tend to appear plumper when they are mature compared to the sleeker look when they are young and in a dealer's tank. I may be worrying too much. fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 If it is only maturing it should still be active and eating etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 hi just wanna know how is your feathefin doing i have three of them and have had them for 4-5 years now, and one is showing the same signs it is active and normal and eating well but is very bloated it had it about a year go too but went away and has just started to come back about 2 weeks ago. did you get to know what it was??? ill post pics up here as soon as i can so you can see if its the same thing as your one is, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 ok got some pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 could have eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 thats what i was thinking, how long do they hold the eggs for before they "lay" , i also have 2 males in their is there any precautions i should take if it is eggs, dont want them to get eaten if it is, thanks for the quick reply cichlid7!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Thats exactly what mine looked like. (Of course, it couldn't have been eggs since his name is Russell.) He's back in fighting trim again now. I just left him, let him get on with his fishy business and he seemed to thrive after a period of extreme lethargy. At the time I didn't have an isolation tank for him and he hid himself away 90% of the time. Good luck with yours, and I hope it's female and has eggs and your guys get interested. I believe these are one fish which doesn't breed in captivity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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