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I recently noticed my male Sunshine Peacock has a swollen abdomen, probably 2-3 days now. So right away, I gather I he is displaying secondary symptoms, which means he's get less of a chance of surviving.

That said, I want to try and cure him.

I have no hospital tank, so I am confused about how I can treat him? Do I treat the entire tank?

My tank specs are below.

The other option is I could transfer my guppies to a bowl, and drop the peacock in my 14.5 gallon tank and treat him there.....anything I should be concerned about if I do this (Aside from water chem....pH is ok).



72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.

You could try stopping feeding for 2 days, then feeding fresh veggies like cooked peas that are deskinned, and see if perhaps the swollen belly is constipation.
Its helpful to rule out that kind of thing first.
Are the scales sticking out, or is it just a general puffy look?


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just a bit bloated looking....i don't see the raised scales or popped out eyes, just a somewhat distended belly.

I had recently turned up my feedings from once to twice a day, in order to try to curb some agression, but that may have lead to this over-eating on the Peacocks part.

I also just added a dose of aquarium salt, as a Yellow lab got a bit of a wound and I wanted to prevent any infection...could the salt have lead to the bloating?

Is it ok if all the fish are starved for a day or two?

Are there risks of starvation if I do that?

Maybe I could just cut back to once a day feeding, and feed less?



72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.

Feeding twice a day if too much can do far more damage than less feeding, over feeding will end up polluting the tank.

With the peas cook them first I leave the skins on and squash them between my fingers, also try some frozen blood worms this might help also.

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Hey guys,

Unforutnately, I lost the peacock this morning.

I am guessing I caught the symptoms too late - but it never did display the raised scales. I think it was Bloat, as opposed to constipation, but I think it was induced by stress.

The peacock was the only male fish that did not adapt well to the agression of the Ahli. My Elongatus, Kadanga, and Yellow Labs all just scoot away and go about there business, but the Peacock just seemed to take it harder.

I am debating replacing it with another Sunshine Peacock (to go with the 2 females still in there) or a whole new breed.

I guess the next step is a water change for safety reasons - any suggestions on % of change?

I normally do 20-30% changes weekly, sometimes every 10 days. Should i do a larger change?

72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.

mmmmm,sorry for your lost mate,but we learn from our mistakes..so now you will no for next time

Is it possible that I could have triggered the bloat by dosing my tank with aquarium salt?

I had a yellow lab that had a wound on its side, and it got the cotton growth on it, so I dosed the tank with aquarium salt.

The lab seems to be healing nicely, but it was pretty much right after that when the peacock really showed signs of bloat.

Given that it was under some stress from agression, I am curious if the salt could have triggered the bloat?



72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.