male Convict big and fat and always sits on bottom

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He's been like this for a few months now, I assume it must be a Swim-bladder issue since I guess Bloat would have killed him by now??? Anything else have symptoms like this? I thought he might be constipated but he's been eating food soaked in Epsom Salts and Metronidazole for the past 12 days, at least twice a day so I guess that's out too.

Any idea? He's really balloon-shaped, 2-3X wider than his siblings.....eats well, but this isn't from normal gorging. I figured Swim-Bladder since he's always sitting on the bottom unless I drop food in the tank.
 
I have heard that peas help them with the bloat but I'm not all sure. Might want to look into that
 
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