danio fat or sick?

[Gazingatstars12]

He seems to be acting normally. Noticed this about a week ago. He eats fine.

 

[BLUEaquarium06]

Do you have others with him?

 

[Gazingatstars12]

He's the only danio. He's with a couple other community fish though. Tetras and what not.


All the other fish are fine

 

[BLUEaquarium06]

Is he "pineconing"? You could try feeding him the insides of boiled peas no "skin"

 

[Gazingatstars12]

His scales sticking out you mean? No they don't appear to be. His eyes aren't bulging either

 

[hecurcia]

Mine looks almost the same. At the beginning thought she was pregnant but she is a he. Now, I am very sure it is a tumor as the bump doesn't look soft but rather hard. He is fine as far as I can tell. He eats and chases all the other glofish as always.

 

[hecurcia]

Hard to see from the pictures. It could be a female that is full of eggs. Keep observing " her"and see if the belly flattens out.

 

[hecurcia]

Also, danios like to be in groups of 6 +. How big is your tank?

 

[Gazingatstars12]

20g long. I have a 72 bf waiting to be setup. Once the dormer on my house is done and I finally have room for it I'm going to get that thing going. I have everything for it besides gravel. Build the stand myself

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f20/72g-bowfront-stand-build-277526.html

 

[hecurcia]

Nice. Keep an eye on him and see if his health improves. Adding more glofish will be great for him as he might feel lonely. A school of glofish helps not only to spread the aggressiveness/territorial issues but it will also improve their health. They are social fish and like to be between themselves. My fist two fish were glofish. After having a school, one of the first original two disappeared in one hot summer night and the health of the other started to deteriorate. I think that he missed his original mate and stopped eating. I had to euthanize him.