joliet Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 I'm not having much fun with fish recently - my female fighter passed on with Dropsy, my male Gourmai seemed to die of a broken heart (they were both in a different tank to the CAE) and now one of my CAE's has a fat tummy. I might be jumping to conclusions but knowing my recent luck with fish, he will pass too! (with and without flash) So is he just fat? Has he just found some abundance of Algae to munch on? Or is it something else? Water parameters are fine, feeding them every 2nd or third day and he shares a tank with 4 small Kribs, a female Bristlenose and a juv Whiptail. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochelleMay Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 He looks like hes just eaten. Was this noticed after a feed? If not hope he gets better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joliet Posted May 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 He looks like hes just eaten. Was this noticed after a feed? If not hope he gets better No, that's the weird thing, it was a day after feeding and I haven't fed the fish since and he is STILL that fat, maybe even fatter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochelleMay Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Oh weird. Have you tried some Salt? I had a weird unknown thing in my GBAs so hopefully yours is like that and just a weird unknown week long thing Then all is fine afterwards Is your water quality good? Could it be a bit of constipation (feed him deshelled peas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeh_buddy Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Try pea's he could be constipated. I had the same thing that happen to my Algae Eater, fed him pea's and then he was flat as a pancake the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 mine did that when he was young about 5 years ago. went away after a couple of weeks. i lost him last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joliet Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 his scales are starting to stick out a bit so I'm getting really worried it may be a case of Dropsy. But I've fed all the fish some peas tonight and hopefully the CAE got some, some floated down in his direction and there's still some sitting around so he should get some. I also did a big water change last night and will do one again tomorrow night. Fingers crossed! mine did that when he was young about 5 years ago. went away after a couple of weeks. i lost him last week Sorry to hear about your CAE it must be a lot harder when you've had the fish for such a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Sorry about your loss Tsarmina joliet, keep us updated on how he's doing. I've never had cae so I can't really help you Hopefully it's just a case of constipation and the peas will help. Some recommend an epsom salt bath for constipation perhaps someone could guide you on that because I don't remember, sorry. If he's scales are starting to stick out, is it possible to quararntine him till you see if it is just constipation and not dropsy. Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joliet Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 He's completely back to normal now he just slowly deflated. The peas must have helped but he certainly didnt go back to normal the day after. Must have just been 'one of those things'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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