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My Neon has grown a big belly It looks empty but with
couple of small round bubbles on left side /like air .It
has since stopped growing larger and I have transferd two
of them into hospital tank ,yes them ,the other one has
what looks like mouth fungus and this is secont time in
Hospital tank for him,I have soft water and added Aquarium
salt with Erythromycin 100mg ea 24hr.Big Belly is OK
colour and swimming normally ,other is the same .They seem
to be doing better in new tank ,Any sugestions as too what
cause?
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Jeanna /blockquote>

I am having some troubles with my neons too. My heart aches for
them :( I just lost one today. He looked really bloated for a
couple weeks and then he died this morning. I have another one
with a pop eye. It makes me sad. I found this website helpful
with diagnosing the issue
[link removed]!

I don't...See More
Mar 29, 2007
Aimee /blockquote>

Hi Richard,

Columnaris is not impossible to treat-- using a gram negative med like maracyn 2
would be great. These bacteria thrive in warm, unaerated conditions, so, cool the tank
a little (a couple degrees or so) and keep the filter (no carbon) going. I have had luck
treating with Kanaplex-- do a searc...See More
Apr 1, 2007
Aimee /blockquote>

Hi Richard,

Columnaris is not impossible to treat-- using a gram negative med like maracyn 2
would be great. These bacteria thrive in warm, unaerated conditions, so, cool the tank
a little (a couple degrees or so) and keep the filter (no carbon) going. I have had luck
treating with Kanaplex-- do a searc...See More
Apr 1, 2007
Adrianne /blockquote>

On 3/28/07, Richard wrote:
> On 3/27/07, Aimee wrote:
>> I don't know about tetras but when a betta has a swollen
> belly, it's usually due
>> to overfeeding and constipation. I have no idea if a tetra
> would respond, but I
>> feed my bettas baby food peas off a toothpick ...See More
Apr 2, 2007
Richard /blockquote>

On 4/01/07, Aimee wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Columnaris is not impossible to treat-- using a gram negative med
like maracyn 2
> would be great. These bacteria thrive in warm, unaerated
conditions, so, cool the tank
> a little (a couple degrees or so) and keep the filter (no carbon) ...See More
Apr 18, 2007


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