Hi there,
Have had my little fish for about 5 months and the last couple weeks he's started to loose his colour and I noticed his tummy getting big so I thought he was getting fat and really cut down on his feeding (I think we were over feeding - it's hard to tell because my 5 year old twins sometimes want to sneak in extra) I have had him fasted 1 day a week. 2 days a go he really started acting strangely laying on the bottom of the tanks and not moving when I came to see him. He's very pale and lethargic. I thought he was constipated so I feed him a pea yesterday. He doesn't seem to be getting better. Could it be Dropsy? He has no pineconing that I can tell and he still swims fine he's just wants to hide all day and his fins are so sad a droopy. He's tanks is 4 gallons and 78 degrees. I change his water 25% every week and the water parameters are all normal. I feel awful and I don't know what to do? Any advice is greatly appreciated! I have attached to photos one from the top and one from the profile.
Have had my little fish for about 5 months and the last couple weeks he's started to loose his colour and I noticed his tummy getting big so I thought he was getting fat and really cut down on his feeding (I think we were over feeding - it's hard to tell because my 5 year old twins sometimes want to sneak in extra) I have had him fasted 1 day a week. 2 days a go he really started acting strangely laying on the bottom of the tanks and not moving when I came to see him. He's very pale and lethargic. I thought he was constipated so I feed him a pea yesterday. He doesn't seem to be getting better. Could it be Dropsy? He has no pineconing that I can tell and he still swims fine he's just wants to hide all day and his fins are so sad a droopy. He's tanks is 4 gallons and 78 degrees. I change his water 25% every week and the water parameters are all normal. I feel awful and I don't know what to do? Any advice is greatly appreciated! I have attached to photos one from the top and one from the profile.
