sick ebjd, did i do the right thing?

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Hope he gets better. I know mine did well until about the three inch mark then started acting weird and went belly up.
 
here's my dempsey when i noticed he had ick and the bloating, you can see the whitish belly. i am not sure if it was bloat but when i saw him scratching and having lil spasms i quarintined him in a 10g with a tablespoon of salt and ick parasite killer. he was fine after 2 weeks.

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I broke a Jungle anti-parasite tablet into 3rds, I dissolved it into small tupperware container soaked his bloodworms for about 10 minutes. Fed them to him a few at a time, he ate them all. So thats good. I hope my idea worked, I'm not sure if this has ever been tried before. Tomorow I will feed him some peas to try to help with his stomach bulge. And the cherry on top is now I kinda notice the sheilds around his eyes look a little bit bigger than they should be and I want to say a little cloudy but not much, maybe I am digging here or maybe the poor guy can't just catch a break, he is falling apart, :( Well im not giving up, I'll keep you posted!
 
ebjd often have more problems than the average fish due to inbreeding and the fact that they originally were the runts of the litter they were being cut out of the fry and disposed of one way or another until someone decided to grow them out creating the beautiful blues we see today
or so I was told
 
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