Not sure what to make of this.
New oscar (about a week with me), about 2in long, he's an only fish
75g
PH 7.6
ammonia 0
trite 0
trate 5ppm
Day or 2 after getting him appeared to be having trouble going to the bathroom.
At that point feeding him API Chichlid pellets floating, mini ones.
Looked like he was pooping them out.
His vent got dark colored, swelled.
His underside right above pelvic fin to vent right down middle swelled some and got white (almost like the skin was cut away to reveal the fat underneath).
Saw what I thought was internal worms coming out vent, got him on API General cure.
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The whiteness appears ALMOST gone, nothing coming out vent, vent still dark but shrinking.
After he eats though whiteness comes back for a time. Its like I fed him so much he's bursting at the bottom seem but not actually swelling.
Not sure what to make of this.
Attached some pics, while some look like the white part is HUGE it isn't, almost flush with the rest of his body.
Now feed him peas, raw shrimp,the pellets (soaked in tank water for 5 min), Omega frozen cichlid.
No particular order, very little of each (spreading out the feeding) but I make sure he gets a pea a day to try and stop any straining.
If it wasn't for the constant swimming after eating I wouldn't be as worried but not like a dog where they can whine when uncomfortable so I can't tell if he's ok or not.
Suggestions?
Edit: Its been a few hrs since he ate, whiteness barely noticeable now.
New oscar (about a week with me), about 2in long, he's an only fish
75g
PH 7.6
ammonia 0
trite 0
trate 5ppm
Day or 2 after getting him appeared to be having trouble going to the bathroom.
At that point feeding him API Chichlid pellets floating, mini ones.
Looked like he was pooping them out.
His vent got dark colored, swelled.
His underside right above pelvic fin to vent right down middle swelled some and got white (almost like the skin was cut away to reveal the fat underneath).
Saw what I thought was internal worms coming out vent, got him on API General cure.
___
The whiteness appears ALMOST gone, nothing coming out vent, vent still dark but shrinking.
After he eats though whiteness comes back for a time. Its like I fed him so much he's bursting at the bottom seem but not actually swelling.
Not sure what to make of this.
Attached some pics, while some look like the white part is HUGE it isn't, almost flush with the rest of his body.
Now feed him peas, raw shrimp,the pellets (soaked in tank water for 5 min), Omega frozen cichlid.
No particular order, very little of each (spreading out the feeding) but I make sure he gets a pea a day to try and stop any straining.
If it wasn't for the constant swimming after eating I wouldn't be as worried but not like a dog where they can whine when uncomfortable so I can't tell if he's ok or not.
Suggestions?
Edit: Its been a few hrs since he ate, whiteness barely noticeable now.
