Hello everyone! This is my first post on the forums, but I've been a stalker for a few months. I inherited a fish tank when I moved into my science classroom and I decided to get some bichir for my classroom because they are so visually interesting. I've been making changes to the tank setup but currently the bottom is large gravel, I've seen that most prefer using sand - my filtration system won't work with sand though so it will require a bit more investment to transition. I picked up two senegalus at the beginning of the school year and they've both been doing fine until last week. The one pictured here has had this bulge for the past week or so.
He seemed sluggish earlier this week, so I asked the advice of a local fish store, and they said to do some Epsom salt treatments. I've been doing that (hence why it is in the small container), but I wanted to get your opinions on what exactly is going on - do I need to quarantine this one? I recently picked up a delhezi as well and if it's some contagious infection I would hate to lose the others as well as this one. I don't think it's bloat - it hasn't had any trouble staying at the bottom of the tank. Is it a pebble impacted? Infection? The other two are not showing any signs of distress and I've been doing more frequent water changes since this one started looking like this. So, any thoughts on what is going on? Any opinions and advice would be appreciated!
He seemed sluggish earlier this week, so I asked the advice of a local fish store, and they said to do some Epsom salt treatments. I've been doing that (hence why it is in the small container), but I wanted to get your opinions on what exactly is going on - do I need to quarantine this one? I recently picked up a delhezi as well and if it's some contagious infection I would hate to lose the others as well as this one. I don't think it's bloat - it hasn't had any trouble staying at the bottom of the tank. Is it a pebble impacted? Infection? The other two are not showing any signs of distress and I've been doing more frequent water changes since this one started looking like this. So, any thoughts on what is going on? Any opinions and advice would be appreciated!
