Neon tetra pregnant, fat, or sick?

[Chels10117]

I just noticed my neon tetra looks like this. What could this be? I have had one bloated like this that I got from the store that way and it ended up dying...

Sorry that the pictures are not that great it's the best I can do with my phone.

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[mrvincent]

Does he seems to float or try to swim at bottom to keep his level after he eats?

Give it a chance, wait to see if he dies...

 

[Chels10117]

Yeah, I looked today and I cant find him anywhere. That leaves me to believe he did indeed die. All of my fish are perfectly healthy... Except I keep losing neons. Am I doing something wrong? Water tests out fine. Tank may be a tiny bit overstocked but otherwise they are all in good health with weekly water changes and a good filter for up to 70 gal on just a 36 gal tank.

I started out with 10 neons, lost one the second day returned it to the store, lost another one not too long ago and now this one. Hmm.

 

[mrvincent]

Neons and cardinals are sensitives fishs, and sometime they don't work in a tank... Maybe a disease from the store that only affect paracheirodons...

 

[PNWaquarist]

Neons used to be reasonably hardy, before they were mass-bred (and inbred) in captivity. If you can get your hands on Green Neons, similar species that is only wild-caught these days, you might have better luck with them.

 

[Chels10117]

Thanks. Yeah I feel like they are really sensitive. They are the only fish I've had that has died on me. All of my others are perfectly healthy. Maybe I just got a bad batch. If anything else bad happens I'm just not going to replace them if they die off...

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[EOGoldfish]

Like everyone has said they are very sensitive. Seems like they're just getting worse and worse...


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