Bloated Melanurus

[civics14]

after my tank upgrade and transferred all my live stock, i have yet to see my melaurus poop, just nonstop eating and getting bigger and bigger by the day. he's been like this for almost 3 weeks. still active and eating, i think he's going to die from eating so much and not being able to poop.

Any ideas?

 

[krullshards]

Good thing he's eating. I've heard people feeding mashed peas and dosing Epsom salt in a hospital tank for constipation. At least I think the Epsom salt was for constipation.

 

[pyithar]

i'm not sure about marine fish but epsom salt was used for constipation in my asian arowana fish. it could also be internal parasites imo. there're a few bubble algae in the pic btw.

 

[JettStorm]

I have a melanurus wrasse with the exact same problem. Any update on how yours is doing. Thanks

 

[scooter31707]

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/otherdiseases/a/Bacterial-Diseases-In-Marine-Aquarium-Fish.htm

Found this article take a look at the last symptom billet. So, I am guessing some type of bacterial disease.

 

[Reefable]

Looks like the disease Dropsy. I lost one of my clowns to this disease.


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