Jewel cichlid with swullen belly? Or what???

[d3adlydesignz]

I bought 2 jewel cichlids yesterday for nearly nothing. I noticed one of the cichlids has a swullen belly. Does anyone know what this could be?? Also if possible can someone tell me the sex of this cichlid. Currently I have the fish in a QT tank just in case its contagious... Help plz!

 

[kewpiefishypewpie]

Have you tried epsom salts?

 

[d3adlydesignz]

Not yet. How would I go about treatment tmsith Epson salt? And I need to get the salt from a pet store? Or is it regular Epson salt?

 

[kewpiefishypewpie]

Yeah just get it from the supermarket, don't waste your money at the pet store. You can give it a bath in it, 1 tablespoon per gallon. Or I believe you can soak pellets right in it and then feed said pellets to the fish.

 

[d3adlydesignz]

Yeah just get it from the supermarket, don't waste your money at the pet store. You can give it a bath in it, 1 tablespoon per gallon. Or I believe you can soak pellets right in it and then feed said pellets to the fish.

Thanks! I will be sure to do this today.

 

[Hendre]

The image won't load at school, but internal ailments can often be sorted with epsom salts, one treatment put up here by RD. Said in summary:

Mix 3 teaspoons of epsom salt in 500ml of water, soak food in this solution before feeding

Hope this helps

 

[d3adlydesignz]

The image won't load at school, but internal ailments can often be sorted with epsom salts, one treatment put up here by RD. Said in summary:

Mix 3 teaspoons of epsom salt in 500ml of water, soak food in this solution before feeding

Hope this helps

I'm honestly not to confident the fish is eating. Do you have a ratio for a salt bath? I think this method will do better in my situation.

 

[Hendre]

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/treating-hexamita-aka-spironucleus.523470/

Try and get it eating At least, some people force fed their flowerhorns. Just give this a read