dyjogibson
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Came home from work today and noticed that my neon dottybacks stomach seems to be bulging weird. This is my first tank and it’s about 3 months in from adding fish. Does anyone know what is going on?
Neon dottyback stomach bulging.
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Video is too short to fully assess but may be either constipation or liver issue.
What foods are you feeding? (often a diet of pellets only can cause this).
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As suspected- Try adding brine shrimp to the diet which serves as a laxative and even LRS nano frenzy frozen foodI have been using 2 different types of pellets. What do you recommend?
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I watched the video a couple of times, but it’s tough to see much detail. I can see a bulge but I was also left with the sense that the fish is pretty thin. You should compare pictures on Google with your fish to ensure that it isn’t thin.
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my neon dottyback had this happen when I first got him feeding him pelleted food, he came in super skinny, he has since fattened up and it has gone away. Try feeding some frozen brine shrimp
