erarebirth
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a red glo danio who has a distended abdomen/vent area with a dark center/protrusion (see pictures). None of my other fish have this, it doesn't seem to affect the fish's behavior at this point. I've tried feeding extra fiber/vegetation to help promote bowel movements in case it was constipation, but this has not helped. A little bit of history, all the fish in this tank were exposed to camallanus worm infection. I haven't seen any signs of the worms for a month or two now, but I continue to treat these fish as if they were infected, and continue to medicate them. Anyone have any ideas what it is? I tend to suspect tumor. Home remedy ideas preferred but I'm open to all advice.
Tank stats:
20 gallon tank
all levels are within normal limits (nitrates, nitrites, pH, water hardness, ammonia, etc)
Filtration: under gravel filtration system using carbon
temp kept at about 80
I add a little bit of "fresh water" salt to this tank just to help with infections, I also use a dechlorinating product (Prime).
I do water changes every other week to every 3 weeks (depending on how the test strips read), and at those times I change about a gallon or two, including vacuuming the gravel.
I feed them this: Immune Booster Fish Flake Food, and every two weeks I feed them a levamisole based flake food for 5 days from the same site (I have no intention of continuing to purchase these products from this site though). I also feed them occasionally either little bits of fruits or cooked peas (all fresh produce) to help with vitamins and fiber.
I have I think about 7 or 8 small guppies (none are fully grown) and three glo danios, two are red and I think female, and one is blue and male I think. I also have a bunch of some kind of snail in the tank.
In my healthy tank I like to keep plants, but since this is the "sickie" tank, I keep just fake plants, because I feel it's easier to keep things clean that way.
I think I covered everything, but if there's something else I need to answer please let me know! Thanks in advance for you're help!
Tank stats:
20 gallon tank
all levels are within normal limits (nitrates, nitrites, pH, water hardness, ammonia, etc)
Filtration: under gravel filtration system using carbon
temp kept at about 80
I add a little bit of "fresh water" salt to this tank just to help with infections, I also use a dechlorinating product (Prime).
I do water changes every other week to every 3 weeks (depending on how the test strips read), and at those times I change about a gallon or two, including vacuuming the gravel.
I feed them this: Immune Booster Fish Flake Food, and every two weeks I feed them a levamisole based flake food for 5 days from the same site (I have no intention of continuing to purchase these products from this site though). I also feed them occasionally either little bits of fruits or cooked peas (all fresh produce) to help with vitamins and fiber.
I have I think about 7 or 8 small guppies (none are fully grown) and three glo danios, two are red and I think female, and one is blue and male I think. I also have a bunch of some kind of snail in the tank.
In my healthy tank I like to keep plants, but since this is the "sickie" tank, I keep just fake plants, because I feel it's easier to keep things clean that way.
I think I covered everything, but if there's something else I need to answer please let me know! Thanks in advance for you're help!
