big belly...

[TheOldSalt]

Well, there you have it, a definite we-don't-know.
I'm going to first commend baby_baby for her usual excellence in finding such detailed information, and then i'm going to suggest that if your mbuna is eating the same stuff the Oscar is, then it's no wonder it's fat. Offer it something like algae wafers or spirulina pellets and the peas Huugs suggested.

By the way, you couldn't have picked two different fish with more dissimilar water requirements if you tried. These two are just simply not meant to live together. Since there is no way to make things suitable for both, one or the other has to suffer.

[Huugs]

Yes just normal frozen peas. you need to prepare them though not just dump them in. You have cook them slightly so they aint frozen then take them out of the shells. For my fish I have to chop each half in half again and hand feed themas they dont eat them if they drop to the bottom.

It might take a while for them to realise its food the first few times but give it time and they will thank you for it, by looking nice and happy.

[baby~doll]

Originally Posted by Huugs

Yes just normal frozen peas. you need to prepare them though not just dump them in. You have cook them slightly so they aint frozen then take them out of the shells. For my fish I have to chop each half in half again and hand feed themas they dont eat them if they drop to the bottom.

It might take a while for them to realise its food the first few times but give it time and they will thank you for it, by looking nice and happy.

thank you so much!

[baby~doll]

Originally Posted by TheOldSalt

Well, there you have it, a definite we-don't-know.
I'm going to first commend baby_baby for her usual excellence in finding such detailed information, and then i'm going to suggest that if your mbuna is eating the same stuff the Oscar is, then it's no wonder it's fat. Offer it something like algae wafers or spirulina pellets and the peas Huugs suggested.

By the way, you couldn't have picked two different fish with more dissimilar water requirements if you tried. These two are just simply not meant to live together. Since there is no way to make things suitable for both, one or the other has to suffer.

thanks for telling me that.... but i already knew, the thing is it was either she go in with them... or get killed by my sisters other fish

i thought i was doing a good thing by saving her... she will just have to put up with the conditions shes in with the oscars until i get money for a new aquarium, she seems to be perfectly happy to me, and so do my oscars

[Baby_Baby]

okay. happy i could help and find some good info. Hope the little chick gets better!

[Orbital]

mbuna are aggressive eaters, I would cut down on how much she is eating. Were you feeding her Hakari brand food pellets? If so I would soak them in water for 2-3 mins before feeding them in the future. Mbuna will gobble them up and they expand in their stomaches. Could be bloat, but I hope not because it is pretty hard to treat in time. I keep some Metro-flake (metrondizole, a internal parasite medication) which is flake food treated with Metrondizole and is a effective way of treating internal parasites. Given that the fish is not too far gone and has stopped eating.

Good luck

BTW mbuna don't get extremely fat before releasing eggs like livebearers with young. I don't think its possible for the Crabro and the Oscars to crossbreed, but that would be a oddity!