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never say die Hobbyist Posts: 85 Kudos: 58 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Jul-2004   | my little blue ram looks like its bloated ive put in some peas for it and i dont want to lose my little blue ram and what are some other methods of curing bloat? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35 |      |
garyroland   ---Prime Fish--- Posts: 7878 Kudos: 4010 Votes: 103 Registered: 31-Dec-2001  | It's difficult to diagnose common bloat from a bacterial infection called Dropsy... If the scales of the fish are not pineconed there may be a chance the fish, as mentioned in other posts, is merely constipated. Watch for fish droppings to determine and treat with a squashed skinless pea or two if required. --garyroland. [span class="edited"][Edited by garyroland 2004-07-19 09:39][/span] |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35 | |
| never say die Hobbyist Posts: 85 Kudos: 58 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Jul-2004 | i read that my fish is constipated and im going to give it some peas to help rid the waste. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35 | |
JQW   Fish Addict Posts: 869 Kudos: 758 Registered: 09-Apr-2003 | a question, what do peas do? |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35 |  |
| garyroland ---Prime Fish--- Posts: 7878 Kudos: 4010 Votes: 103 Registered: 31-Dec-2001 | Peas may, in some situations, relieve constipation... The pea is squashed, skin removed and fed to the fish. To treat correctly the fish is starved for three days and the peas fed after that. There's still a chance, and a good one, that Dropsy is the problem, not constipation. --garyroland. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35 | |
| never say die Hobbyist Posts: 85 Kudos: 58 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Jul-2004 | well he died while i was at school the only rams i think ill be keeping are bolivians. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35 | |
| garyroland ---Prime Fish--- Posts: 7878 Kudos: 4010 Votes: 103 Registered: 31-Dec-2001 | Consider better filtration, more frequent water changes, half gravel cleaning and testing... Water quality plays a large role in fish health. A variety of high quality fish food is recommended. --garyroland. |
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