My fat little Badis fish, what could be the problem?

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Jag1980

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My fish has been extremely over weight for almost 2 months now, any ideas what could be the problem? Seems very healthy, just really fat like a piggy, so fat that she wobbles around the tank and kinda sinks when she stops swimming... Her scales and gills look fine, just over weight..

These are some of the things I think it could be:

Just a fat fish.
Has a belly full of eggs but the male in the tank will not spawn with her? (Can fish store a belly full of eggs this long?)
Has a disease that the only symptoms are a fat belly and nothing else?
Eats to much? She is the first one to grab food, but i only feed them a smaller cube size of food per day between 5 fish.

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Here is what a normal size Badis fish are suppose to look like
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No one knows what the problem is or a cure? My fish look stupid like this...
 
What are your water parameters? Your case is dropsy. I notice the scales seem raised slightly.

Dropsy of Aquarium Fish
Synonyms:
Bloat, Malawi Bloat

Symptoms:
Protrusion of scales, distended abdomen, pop-eye

Causes:
Dropsy has several possible causes: poor water quality, poor food quality, bacterial infections, intestinal flagellates, excessive proteins (especially to purely vegetarians)

Longer periods of stress can weaken the fish's immune system thus enabling the bacteria to enter the fish's body. At this stage, it becomes increasingly difficult to remedy the situation. The disease begins with a bacterial infection of the intestines resulting in the excretion of slimy fish wastes. In the course of the disease, parts of the mucous membrane of the intestines come off. They stay at the anus of the fish. Even if the fish keeps taking up the food, it cannot digest the food anymore leading to the malfunctioning of the internal organs. The amount of water the fish takes in then cannot be expelled and the excess liquid gather in the body cavity resulting in the protrusion of scales and eyes.

Excessive proteins can also cause bloat among fish, mbunas most especially as the fish cannot effectively digest the proteins in their stomachs. Herbivorous fish have longer digestive systems that are not designed to digest excessive proteins in comparison to the carnivores' shorter digestive system. Do not feed your herbivorous fish foods that contain too much protein.

Treatment:
Epsom salts, metronidazole, kanamycin sulfate

Treatment may not be effective as the disease itself is internal making it difficult to treat and determine the exact cause.

 
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