Help - Perch Problem Pict

[soulFish]

Anyone have any idea whats going on with this Perch? Just got him 24hrs ago. He ate fine last night, then today when I got home looks like he vomited up his stomach contents and had his "***" hangin out like he's been pushing too hard.

 

[milokai]

add some salt in the water.

 

[eyemidaswell]

lol man he look like he's trying to find a sardine can to dive into.

 

[soulFish]

I added the normal amount, one rounded teaspoon per 5 gallons.. add more than that?

 

[the_deeb]

Looks like it might be an intestinal prolapse. I don't think there's much you can do about it. Keep your water clean and hope it recovers by itself.

 

[fugupuff]

these guys can eat too much too fast, can't digest fast enough and poop out their guts, literally, and eventually die.

in the wild, they ambush, eat one fish and digest then hopefully catch another, in the tank full of guppies, they ge so excited and over eat, and die. its happened to me many times in the past.

 

[soulFish]

so he's got no chance then?

 

[DrZacharyus]

I had a tsn that did that, I caught him and pushed it back in with gloves. It took a couple tries but he survived!

 

[L Aquatics]

Time to seperate the feeders from the fish. Hope mines doesn't get like that.

 

[cichlaguapote]

Thanks fugupuff for that info.. Alot of people are keeping feeders with their perch for buffet style eating.. I considered doing it but now I won't..