Sick Green Terror. Help

[blacklabel]

Ive noticed that my GT has had labored breathing, and hasnt been eating for about two weeks. I suspected something was wrong but was just keeping an eye on him.

But today, he has a very noticeable bulge in the bottom of his abdomen. Like he has just eaten a lot (but he hasnt).

Im assuming this is a parasite or something? Although i dont feed feeders and havnt introduced any new fish recently. He is 4-5 years old.

Im changing water now and am starting to add salt. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry for bad pics. Thanks

 

[jordanroda]

Jordy says Metronidzole...

 

[GreenTerror7]

looks like dropsy/ bloat. put him in a hospital tank and treat with salt (I would up the dose and do 2 tsp per gallon instead of one), do frequent 40% water changes and treat with marcyn-two. Also you should remove any carbon in your filter(s) and replace it with more biological filtration.
This is how I would treat it but you shouldnt treat based off one or two opinions. Show LFS owners and get their input (from personal experience it seems like the Asian owners with tiny shops always diagnose properly)

 

[blacklabel]

This is what he looks like now. It almost looks like a blocked intestine but could easily be inflamation from bacterial infection or parasite.

Should I go ahead and put him out of his misery?

 

[Aquanero]

Before you go down that road put it in a 5 gallon bucket of tank water with a teaspoon of epsom salt.

 

[blacklabel]

There is already over a cup of salt in the 125 for a week now.

I will put him in som epsom salt. How long?

 

[Aquanero]

About 20 mins and monitor it while it's in there. If it should go belly up remove to clean water immediately. Let me know what happens. Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) not aquarium salt (sodium chloride).

 

[blacklabel]

Hes been in there almost half hour. Seems fine. Now what? The water is brown from new driftwood. Not dirty.

 

[Aquanero]

Put it back in it's tank. Epsom salt is a laxative and if it's a blockage it should make the fish go to the bathroom.

 

[GreenTerror7]

Any updates?