I have a 6ft community tank with a range of tetras barbs danios and swordtails.
The question i have is this. I have three china barbs. 1 female and two male, I think as two colour up and get excited when i do water changes and chase the third around and "she" doesnt colour up.
anyways 1 got extremely fat. unhealthy fat. i would have said its anus was blocked and it got fatter and fatter over months. it didnt seem distressed and was a vigourous eater.
i was thinking of bumping it on the head as it was have difficulty swimming in the end. When it finally, suddenly got thinner. overnight. it looked deflated but still fatter than the other pair. I certainly didn't think it spawned.
now one of the four giant danios i have has become quite fat in a similar fashion and getting fatter. I don't think this is spawning behavior. I'm worried that maybe its a parasite cycle. Anyone have any ideas.
The question i have is this. I have three china barbs. 1 female and two male, I think as two colour up and get excited when i do water changes and chase the third around and "she" doesnt colour up.
anyways 1 got extremely fat. unhealthy fat. i would have said its anus was blocked and it got fatter and fatter over months. it didnt seem distressed and was a vigourous eater.
i was thinking of bumping it on the head as it was have difficulty swimming in the end. When it finally, suddenly got thinner. overnight. it looked deflated but still fatter than the other pair. I certainly didn't think it spawned.
now one of the four giant danios i have has become quite fat in a similar fashion and getting fatter. I don't think this is spawning behavior. I'm worried that maybe its a parasite cycle. Anyone have any ideas.