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07-16-2005, 01:21 PM
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big belly...
i have a umm... i think its called a bumble bee mbuna, something like that... well i just noticed that she has a really big belly, shes with two oscars so she cant be pregnant, but i think i read that this could be a disease?... well heres a picture, tell me what you think
thanks!!!
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07-16-2005, 01:22 PM
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well.. lemme find the picture AGH! i LOST IT!
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07-16-2005, 01:26 PM
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ok... heres a pic... see her big belly?
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07-16-2005, 03:33 PM
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she gets watever the two oscars leave behind i feed them about 10 pieces of cichlid gold (the medium sized red balls) and then a couple pinches of flakes (to make sure the little yellow fish gets somethin to eat)
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07-16-2005, 04:38 PM
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i dunno... i just remember someone saying something about sometype of disease that involves the fish getting fat
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07-16-2005, 04:54 PM
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Dropsy is one that makes the fish look fat, but i think in most, if not all, of the cases the scales stick out like pinecones. Think theres a few othe symptoms aswell but I cant remeber them. Maybe baby baby can look it up for you she seems to be able to get lots of great info on diseases. As far as I know if it is then the only thing you can do is quarentine and medicate.
From the picture though I dont think it is that, but worth reading up on anyway so you know it, it is highly contagious and if not caught early its usually fatal.
It could be just constipation or bloat. Try a diet of peas for a few days to clear out its inside (also handy food for fish with swimbladder disease just worth a mention).
Last edited by Huugs; 07-16-2005 at 05:29 PM.
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07-16-2005, 06:11 PM
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like huugs said, the only disease i know that involves a fish getting fat is dropsy, but it doesnt look like that from the pic.
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07-16-2005, 06:44 PM
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alrighty... thanks yall
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07-17-2005, 12:42 AM
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Look up Malawi Bloat and see it it jibes with your situation.
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07-17-2005, 11:44 AM
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well im guessing she ate to much... i just saw how fat she was and kinda freaked.... looks like she is getting back to her normal size now 
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07-17-2005, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Baby_Baby
Here's some info and pics hope it helps.
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those pics actually looked liek what she kinda looks like *freaks out again*
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ok my fish doesnt have this im pretty sure, she still eating like a pig, and is acting normal except for shes sooo fat!
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07-17-2005, 02:26 PM
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Bloat for fish is quite normal and is harmless compared to diseases. It is usually a sign of overfeeding or feeding too much dry foods.
For prevention fish need a variety in their diet, ie not just flake or woteva. Try doing flake 3 or 4 times a week and then peas one day, bloodworm another and one day fasting. Or woteva it is your fish eat. Thats just a suggestion. If possible it would be better to give them different food every day.
For treatment of bloat peas are good. You probably see inprovement quickly but doing a few days of peas just helps clear out its insides.
I have also noticed a couple of times that my goldfish sit on the bottom in the corner and dont move after they have "over done" it on food. I think that is a sign of indigestion and I think one was fatter than normal then aswell, so it could just be that.
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07-17-2005, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Baby_Baby
well did u read anything?lol
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i dont get it... read what??? what you posted... lol.. yeah i read that, after i looked at the pics :P heh
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07-17-2005, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Huugs
Bloat for fish is quite normal and is harmless compared to diseases. It is usually a sign of overfeeding or feeding too much dry foods.
For prevention fish need a variety in their diet, ie not just flake or woteva. Try doing flake 3 or 4 times a week and then peas one day, bloodworm another and one day fasting. Or woteva it is your fish eat. Thats just a suggestion. If possible it would be better to give them different food every day.
For treatment of bloat peas are good. You probably see inprovement quickly but doing a few days of peas just helps clear out its insides.
I have also noticed a couple of times that my goldfish sit on the bottom in the corner and dont move after they have "over done" it on food. I think that is a sign of indigestion and I think one was fatter than normal then aswell, so it could just be that.
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thanks... just normal frozen peas?... ive never fed a fish peas before, ive been meaning to give some to my oscar cuz i heard they like them.... but i just wanna make sure im thinking the right kinda peas
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07-17-2005, 03:39 PM
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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.
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