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jakeoman  Fingerling Posts: 39 Kudos: 40 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Oct-2004   | I have 4 ottos and one has ballooned up. Is this normal?? I thought it might be full of eggs or something but out of the four this is the largest and seems to be healthy otherwise, so figured i should ask if they balloon up with eggs of something? Jake |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 |     |
sham   Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004  | Sounds like that is some type of infection and I would remove the swollen oto. One of mine did that and it quickly spread to my other otos and cory within a few days. I spent a month treating them in the 10g with clout and epsom salt to try to get rid of the swollen bellies. In the end I have 8 of an unknown amount of otos left but I had at least 20 in the tank. 1 of my julii cory survived. The pandas and rest of the bottom feeders never did get sick. If you see red marks on the belly or near the fins then it has some internal bleeding and chances of saving it are pretty low. |
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