rescued catfish any help

[Demon012]

I had to take this catfish home with meI had to rescue this catfish he is about 10 inches long and was being kept in a 100 litre tank,, I couldn't leave him there,, he has swollen belly, it is swollen evenly on both sides,, I hope it is just from eating to much, but am concerned it might be something else, he is in a 2000 litre tank now,, any advice on giving this poor fish a fighting chance,, is very welcome, thanks

 

[Demon012]

He is swimming about and doesn't seem to be in any pain,,

 

[krichardson]

Looks like a Clarias batrachus or walking catfish with a peibold pattern.Perhaps it ate a few tankmates,hopefully it is nothing more than that.Don't feed it and give it a few days to see if the bulge goes away.

 

[Demon012]

Yer he is a Clarisa batrachus catfish,, his stomach been like that for 5 days now,, starting to think it's not from eating all his tank mates in his previous owners tank,

 

[Demon012]

Been feeding peas last couple of days to see if that would help,, but hasnt

 

[Demon012]

Now getting worried about the other fish in his tank getting infected if it is something else wrong with him,, should hav quarantined him I know but my medi tank has pirhana in it so it wasn't possible,, I hope this won't turn out to be a costly mistake to his tank mates, even after keeping fish for ages and having 9 tanks in my fishroom, we still all make mistakes, this latest rescue is starting to look like another mistake trying to save him, I won't give up tho, lol

 

[Demon012]

If it is swollen from over eating how long should it take to go down,, I thought 3 days,, any help

 

[Demon012]

If it was swim bladder problem one side of swollen belly would be bigger ,, that's from past experiences,, if Iam wrong tell me,,

 

[EighthNotch]

It's also possible it has ingested substrate. I know some catfish are prone to doing that.

 

[Demon012]

Yer I know I looked into that, if it is that or if he is constipated from food,, what's best way to get him to pass it,, thanks