I suppose that we will have to define the term "bloat". I took it to mean the classic "Malawi Bloat," but organ failure due to improper conditions and issues with decompression can cause a form of bloat as well.
What causes bloat; your opinion
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I suppose that we will have to define the term "bloat". I took it to mean the classic "Malawi Bloat," but organ failure due to improper conditions and issues with decompression can cause a form of bloat as well.
The dogma I learned was that it's an internal infection from bad diet. I bet poor husbandry contributes, though.
I think bad husbandry, including addition of NaCl to increase 'hardness'. But actually lets change the poll
'How often do you see cases of bloat?' Either yourself or other people.
I,m going to say never. Really
'How often do you see cases of bloat?' Either yourself or other people.
I,m going to say never. Really
Wayne, you're lucky in that regard. I saw a guy try to sell his Malawian cichlids to the LFS when they were obviously bloated beyond belief...he'd been feeding them bloodworms "like it said to do in [his] cichlid book".
I think one of my electric yellows might have bloat.
2 questions.
Is it contagious? (the other dozen or so fish in the tank appear unchanged)
Is bloat the same as dropsy?
Thanks!
2 questions.
Is it contagious? (the other dozen or so fish in the tank appear unchanged)
Is bloat the same as dropsy?
Thanks!
I've had the same experience twice.
The first time I have lost a female (the only) Yellow Lab and a 3 month old Estherae 3 days later. At that time I didn't have a clue what it could be, let alone what to do about it. The second time, 4 weeks later, my beautiful male Y.L. started to show the same symptoms as stated in the article above. Straight away I performed an 80% water change, and repetitively the following 2 days a 40%. I stopped feeding them for 3 days and after that I changed their diet reducing artemia and other frozen proteins from 3-4 times a week into 1-2 times a week. I also stopped upgrading my tab-waters kH from 5 up to 9.
5 days later, the Y.L. came out of his shelter and started to eat a little. It all happened like 6 months ago and I didn't have any troubles ever since (knock on wood) He's very much alive and kicking as we speak. He’s got 3 females at his disposal now, and I don’t think he’ll be able to get sick again as he’s too busy doing something else.( they’re pretty fertile, I must say)
I hope things will turn for the better on behalf of your Y.L and yourself.
Good luck, Jimmy
