Dat with huge bulge on stomach, need diagnosis

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mscamp02

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Hey here is a 5 inch IT that is usually stable, came home and his stomach is extremely bloated,

What do I need to do to treat this?

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just for additional info, dat eats massivore, I fed him about 3 hours ago but the rays usually get most of what I drop in so I wouldnt think its overfeeding. And if its bloat not sure what I could add that would be ray safe other than salt and w/c
 
Seems yo be going down so the dat should make it out just fine, maybe it was food but I know it didn't get that much at one time. Would sand in is system cause it to bloat up?

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He looks ok. Some tigers are extra greedy.

He may lie on his side cause hes so full up. A couple days and his belly will grt smaller.

Dont worry.

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I see your dat had the same problem as mine. I added some Aquarium Salt and waited it out. Its called "Bloat" or something i believe. (what people told me) In my case my fish didnt eat for like 3 weeks and then i threw in some carnivore floating sticks and he flew up there and ate them so im guessing he got a big gulp of air too! LoL.
 
Yea what I'm goingto try to do is just wait it out becausehe has been gonig down, Just going to wait and skip a day before feed the tank to give him time to settle

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