Just noticed a place on his stomach swollen.. could he have eaten some sand substrate ? Anyone else ever experience this with there goby? I have no idea how to treat for this..
Any ideas why dragon goby would have swollen stomach
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It'll be worth trying to feed them with peas. Peas serve as laxatives and will ease excretion of wastes. I've never kept violet gobies however peas are often recommended for constipation cases.Red Devil;1175684; said:
Lupin;1175736; said:
well thank you..it is worth a try but gobys only usually frozen brine and blood worms..so i really doubt he will eat them.
DeLgAdO;1176582; said:
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A swollen stomach could mean many things. Constipation, overeating, bloat, internal parasite, tumor etc. Give us as much details about the fish as you can. What are your tank specs and any details regarding the fish's current behavior. Is it acting normal, does it's feces look normal, is it eating? How is the stomach shaped? Is it smooth and rounded or bumpy? Is is even on both sides? If you can get a picture that would help a lot.
sandtiger;1177743; said:
Here is a picture.. I just took out african cichlid babies and there were only 5 so i think maybe the goby ate the rest.of course i am not positively sure since the red fin that had the babies was a baby herself, so i did not expect many fry.. but i thought this could be possible since this goby is aggressive more then my other one.. but i don't know,, i am quessing..maybe the pic will help.
Violets can be quite the hunters, especially at night. The stomach looks smooth and even so I doubt it's a tumor. It probably did over eat. If so watch and see if the fish produces any waste. Also check back on it later, perhaps in the morning. If it is from overeating I would think the mass would have gone down by then. If it's still there then my next best guess would be constipation. Trying a pea might work, that or a grain of epsom salt but I doubt the fish would take either. If your fish takes feeders perhaps you can put a shelled pea inside the dead fish and the goby would eat that dead fish, thus ingesting the pea.
sandtiger;1177962; said:
Thank you...one thing it does seem to have gone since yesterday, i decided not to feed at all tonight and just let him be.. i did add salt though..he usually is only fed blood worms and brine shrimp.. the african was in there with him temporally and just happened to spit the fry.. i saved 5 of them..this guy probably did eat all her babies .. or it is sand ingested ..but i cannot amagine that.. so i will wait it out and see tommorrow.. let him get hungary first.. thank you again.