Harlequin Rasbora

[Bojangles]

I need a little advice

I currently have 4 in my 60 litr tank there was 5 but one got sucked up in to the filter and died

Anyone one is behaving really odd it keeps dropping to the bottom of the tank and just sitting there and when it does swim it goes to the plants and just sits on the leaves i think she might be ready to have eggs because she looks really big bellied

I was just wondering is this a normal thing to do for them when there about to drop there eggs?

Water stats are as follow

Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 20
PH 7.6 (could be wrong with PH not checked that for a while will do later tho)

 

[Truck]

could be constipation

 

[Bojangles]

could be constipation

What are the best thing's to feed her if that is the case?

 

[williamc]

shelled peas is what I heard works

 

[Bojangles]

Just went to look in the tank to see if she was up swimming and looks like she has died

Really starange because till 10 mins before i posted this topic she was swimming about ok and playing in the air bubbles with the others

 

[spazzinout]

For most fish, constipation is usually treated by feeding it a smushed pea. I use frozen ones, pop them out of their shell (the fish cant digest the shell), mush around the meat of the pea, and drop a little in. It sinks right away so only drop a little at a time.

 

[Truck]

looking dead are the symptoms of bloated fish. check for gill movements

 

[Bojangles]

Well i left her a while to see if she picked up but sadly she never did.

The only thing i can think of is my male betta bullied her to death because come to think of it when i turned the light on this morning he was chasing the group round the tank.

Betta is in his own 6 Gallon tank now and in the 60 litr tank there is only 3 Bronze catfish and the 3 remaining Halequins