Biggreenz71 Fish Egg
Number of posts : 4 Age : 37 Location : dayton,oh Thank You Points : 0 Registration date : 2012-05-17
| Subject: bloat or just constipation? Thu May 24, 2012 6:47 pm | |
| Well my water checks out fine,tank is kept at 76*f. Yesterday I noticed my bristlenose bloated and pooping clear with one slightly sunken eye. He is still eating so my guess would be constipation,just looking for some advice on what to do other than epsom salt which I have already added to my 40 gallon as I don't have my hospital tank atm. Almost forgot,he is kept with 2 catfish...spotted raphael and a s.a. bumblebee catfish which are both fine. Also I'm running dual 60 gal. Aquatech hob filters,a 12 inch airstone,medium blue and natural rock substrate roughly 1/2 inch deep.
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Jagtazman Chief poster
Number of posts : 659 Age : 51 Location : Halifax, UK Thank You Points : 6 Registration date : 2009-10-27
| Subject: Re: bloat or just constipation? Thu May 24, 2012 7:23 pm | |
| i'd try to epsom salts if bloat will help release | |
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Doug Bristlenose King
Number of posts : 3128 Age : 38 Location : Adelaide, South Australia Job/hobbies : Aquatic ecologist/genetisist Humor : yes please :) Thank You Points : 198 Registration date : 2010-05-08
| Subject: Re: bloat or just constipation? Fri May 25, 2012 12:07 am | |
| use this
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Biggreenz71 Fish Egg
Number of posts : 4 Age : 37 Location : dayton,oh Thank You Points : 0 Registration date : 2012-05-17
| Subject: Update Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:58 pm | |
| Since my last post i lost my longfin,gained 2 normal fins 1 male,1 female about 2 weeks after. One of which managed to get bloat aswell but i was able to save him with water changes and metro. As for the longfin...my water was as follows. Nitrate was near 20ppm nitrite 0ppm Ammonia 0ppm Gh near 150ppm Chlorine 0ppm ph 7.6 Filter- h.o.b aquatech 330gph with carbon filters rinsed weekly in tank water (40 gal. Tank) Kh near 120ppm Fed him tetraveggie algae wafers every couple days and the occassional cucumber or zuchinni roughly every week . Im thinking i caught the bloat a bit too late with the poor lf . Btw,i know i have really hard water. | |
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