Somethings wrong

[Monroe10]

So I'm not in the freshwater forum but I'm in sw. But my girlfriend has a fw tank and this fish can't remember te name got huge, fat over the weekend, sick? Normal?

 

[BettaGal]

Test the water real quick. My suggestion is a big water change. Honestly, it looks like what got my guppies, and still have no idea what it was.

 

[Monroe10]

We are at college and I don't have a test kit but ill do a water change

 

[BettaGal]

Is there a pet store nearby that sells fish? They usually test your water for free. They use strips, which aren't that great, but IMO, it's better than nothing.

 

[Monroe10]

Ill get it tested tomorrow dint really have much time tonight, any clue what it is?

 

[BettaGal]

The red gills tell me ammonia poisoning, but the body swelling doesn't. Unless that's some tricked out unknown symptom I've never heard associated. Comparing to whatever beast disease killed my guppies, yours is much slower and the red is in a different spot. The sudden body swelling does look like whatever this was. I don't remember this second if you said it was lethargic. As for the exact problem, I am clueless. My mom thought gill disease, but that didn't match when I looked it up, and I did the treatment the Internet said to do and it didn't work. I could not tell you what exactly it is if my life depended on it. I apologize.

 

[Monroe10]

It's lively, and all happy that's what is weird

 

[BettaGal]

How much and how often does it get fed?

 

[Monroe10]

She feeds then 2 times and tiny pinches

 

[BettaGal]

I wouldn't think over feeding then. It might be a slow version of my guppies disease. And it might just need a water change. Start with that and see if it helps.

 

[Monroe10]

Ya I just did about a 40-50% change

 

[BettaGal]

See if that helps any.

 

[Wiggles24]

Odd question... Are there any other gold barbs in that tank?

 

[Monroe10]

Nope just a molly

 

[Wiggles24]

Idk I'm stumped then

 

[SKB]

I don't have any experience with this type of fish. But I have heard of fish getting bloat or dropsy. I heard blanched peas can help with bloat. You could look up how to treat those. Otherwise I can look for some websites.

 

[Monroe10]

Ok thank you, I will have to look into this!

 

[Monroe10]

I left fw months ago and now I'm spending all my time and money in sw so im not really familiar with this stuff too much anymore