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We have a 40ltr tank with some GWC minnows and 3 male guppies in 2 guppys have now become bloated and staying on the bottom the 3rd is its usual self and the minnows are all fine. Water parameters may make a difference as well for all I know.
Ive never had this occur with anything as large as a loach or catfish and Ive always had hard water.
Upside down catfish bloated belly. I bought the raphael catfish with bloat and he had his fins nipped. It took him 2 months to fully recover but he does not have bloat and his fins are fully healed. None of my fish have been sick except for the upside down catfish.
I do not remember if I. My upside down cat has a huge belly. He is a good size at about 6 inches and shares a 110gal tank with two oscars.
I got the catfish to cleanup after my messy oscars. I feed bloodworms twice a week and other days cichlids pellets. It is not bloat for I treated it with no results.
I think he is just really really fat. That very well may have something to do with my observations and a shorter time before the fish succumbs. Water parameters may make a difference as well for all I know.
I definitely know that high dKH can contribute to fish becoming egg bound. Ive never had this occur with anything as large as a loach or catfish and Ive always had hard water. The brachysynodontis is pretty much a solid browngrey colour with a dark spot at base of the caudal fin has a matt black belly - presumably so it cannot be seen from above when swimming inverted.
As for your fishes diet yours sounds fine varied roughage etc. You could try glassworm or live bloodworm woodlice chopped earthworms as an occasional treat. My Synodontis upside down cat has just developed a strange problem I have never seen in a fish before.
His belly is slightly distended AND he has something coming out of his vent. It is not a parasite it looks like part of his body. That looks like a truly severe bloat but there may be a tumour or serious intestinal blockage behind it and if its female it might be severely egg bound.
Any of those are liable to prove fatal. Fish tend to hide being sick until they just cant do it anymore so the fact that its swimming and so on is no indicator that all is well. By newfishmom 8 years ago on Tropical Fish.
Two days ago I noticed one of my catfish had a swollen belly. The catfish is also more aggressive for food and seems to be a little more active. I dont even know whether this catfish is male or female.
I was reading online and found a few blogs about bloated catfish and giving them salt baths. I have the same problem as you. I have three Upside-Down Catfish and well one of them is slim the other one is fat and one of them is obese.
I feed my Cories about 45 minutes before I turn the lights off and most of the food is gone by then. But some how my Upside-Downers find enough food to become fat on. Heres the reason behind a fish that floats upside-down yet remains alive.
The impaired buoyancy in fish is caused by a malfunction of their swim bladder. When affected by Swim Bladder Disorder fish will often lose the ability to properly swim. They will float uncontrollably to the top of the aquarium turned upside down while still being alive.
It looks extremely bloated. The scales are not sticking up. The fishs gills are moving very fast and the fish is darting around the bucket.
I am pretty sure my fish isnt dying. Its been about 3 hours and it is still upside down. I am really worried about it.
Also feed a high quality staple and supplement diet regularly with roughage peas to prevent fish from becoming bloated. But upside-down catfish show this unusual behavior without any disease conditions. Is swim bladder disorder fatal.
Swim bladder disorder can be fatal if it is not treated. This is especially true when fish is infected with bacterial swim bladder disorder and left untreated until the fish swims upside down. Dropsy refers to a condition in which fish often have hugely swollen bellies and the continuing use of the term probably has to do with how it so accurately depicts the visual symptom.
The belly drops down. Sometimes the condition is also known as bloat. We have a 40ltr tank with some GWC minnows and 3 male guppies in 2 guppys have now become bloated and staying on the bottom the 3rd is its usual self and the minnows are all fine.
So im wondering if its an age thing as they are over a year old and did hear they only have a life expectancy of about 18 months. Fish suffering from swim bladder disorder exhibit a variety of symptoms that primarily involve buoyancy including sinking to the bottom or floating at the top of the tank floating upside down or on their sides or struggling to maintain a normal position. The Upside-Down Catfish was given the binomial names due to their jaw formation and dark stomach colouration.
Also as it has a spotted appearance the fish is called a blotched upside-down catfish. The fish shows the best behaviour when kept in groups in an aquarium. The Upside-Down Catfish has been bred in the home aquarium but details are few and far between.
As this fish migrates to flooded areas to breed during the rainy season it is likely that a large cool water change may encourage well-conditioned fish to spawn as if they were undergoing seasonal environmental changes. Answer 1 of 2. Most fish you see swimming upside down have gone belly up various reasons from swim bladder issues to dirty water that eventually kills them.
If fish dont get regular water changes they die or get a dreadful disease and swim upside down before they die. Add 1 x 5ml spoon 1 teaspoon to 1 US gallon 38 litres of water in a tub - either tank water or dechlorinated tap water at the same temperature as the tank. Use a tub big enough to comfortably hold the fish and cover it with something even a paper towel as stressed fish will jump.
Leave the fish in the tub for 30 mins less if it becomes.