Malawi bloat not just for malawis?

[JulieC]

I ran into someone that was convinced that their blood parrots and severum had malawi bloat. She said that they weren't bloated, though.

Every case of malawi bloat that I've ever come across or read about has been in malawis and the fish bloated. What do you guys say?

She said what tipped her off was that they had white stringy poop, darkened in color, and interest in food but spits it out after eating it. Sounds like an internal bacterial infection to me...how about you?

 

[JulieC]

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[JulieC]

Guess not.

No worries...I guess it's not the most interesting topic.

 

[ScottoMacD]

It is usually known as Dropsy in other fish.

All though it is not as common it does happen from time to time.

Regards.