Super bloated Angel

Maryjaeee · Jan 14, 2023

one of my female angels has been bloated for almost a month now. I’ve tried feeding peas, placed a plastic container in my tank in case she needed to lay eggs, I’ve done 3 partial water changes but nothing has helped so far.
I stopped feeding during the afternoon bc I’m scared she might burst. She is always at the top & the first to eat. She came with the tank so I am not sure about her age

Kyanite14 · Jan 17, 2023

If her feces and appetite are normal she could be egg bound. The only solution I’ve heard of is not feeding for a few days and hoping she reabsorbs them. You could also try raising the temp a little bit. If the tank is overcrowded or parameters are bad that may also contribute to her not laying.

Maryjaeee · Jan 17, 2023

Kyanite14 said:
If her feces and appetite are normal she could be egg bound. The only solution I’ve heard of is not feeding for a few days and hoping she reabsorbs them. You could also try raising the temp a little bit. If the tank is overcrowded or parameters are bad that may also contribute to her not laying.

I don’t think she’s goin to the bathroom like normal

she is always hungry tho & the first at the top for food . I will raise the temp a bit & do another water change tmrw

hopefully it helps

kiko · Jan 17, 2023

Maryjaeee said:
I don’t think she’s goin to the bathroom like normal she is always hungry tho & the first at the top for food . I will raise the temp a bit & do another water change tmrw hopefully it helps

she would've reabsorbed the eggs by now...specially over a month..
peel a bunch of green peas and feed it to her..if its constipation it should help her clear it out...
if it's a tumor not much you can do

Maryjaeee · Jan 18, 2023

kiko said:
she would've reabsorbed the eggs by now...specially over a month..
peel a bunch of green peas and feed it to her..if its constipation it should help her clear it out...
if it's a tumor not much you can do

It looks like there’s some internal bleeding ?? I seen it like this the other day & then she was fine but this is worse

kiko · Jan 18, 2023

Maryjaeee said:
It looks like there’s some internal bleeding ?? I seen it like this the other day & then she was fine but this is worse

have you fed her green peas to help out with digestion? hopefully it's just a constipation and she's just blocked...

Maryjaeee · Jan 18, 2023

Yup I made more earlier & fed some bout an hour or so ago. I’m gonna make sure I give her a few peas daily to help , I feel bad for her it looks uncomfortable

kiko · Jan 18, 2023

to me looks like she's constipated because if you look specially at that last picture the bloat goes from the front thinning out into the back across the whole body...
a tumor usually would be in a single area and the bloat from it would just be a bulge... you can mix some garlic with the peas to help cure whatever is causing it... the peas will work as a laxative and help clear stuff out

Maryjaeee · Jan 18, 2023

I didn’t think about this before, but I do have another pair of angels in the tank. That female is super aggressive & I just noticed that pair nipping at the other male. Maybe they are preventing her from laying eggs? I am not sure I’ve only had single pairs of angels that lay eggs in the tank .
This tanks 120 g that’s fairly low stocked. I have a 10 inch Bichir that keeps to himself in his ship but it’s just the angels that mess with each other .
I do have a 55 gal with another pair of angels but they lay eggs every so often so I don’t want it to be the same situation

Not sure what I should do

kiko · Jan 18, 2023

well angels don't get eggbound and the resemblance of it would soon disappear as the female would just reabsorb them within a couple of weeks.. you said this has been going for over a month...so ilness.. either constipation or a tumor
I'm leaning towards constipation

jesusjones · Jan 19, 2023

Sounds similar to a few Tetras I had. They got noticeably bloated and always ate very vigorously, like they needed to be even bigger. Looked healthy and they just got bigger until, suddenly, they clearly weren't healthy and died. I figured some sort of internal infection was responsible.

Knowing if the fish is pooping and how it looks might help to diagnose it.

Kyanite14 · Jan 19, 2023

jesusjones said:
Sounds similar to a few Tetras I had. They got noticeably bloated and always ate very vigorously, like they needed to be even bigger. Looked healthy and they just got bigger until, suddenly, they clearly weren't healthy and died. I figured some sort of internal infection was responsible.

Knowing if the fish is pooping and how it looks might help to diagnose it.

Maybe it is a parasite then… I mean, if the parasites are doing damage to the intestinal lining I wouldn’t be surprised if that made a change to their appetite. Like if they eat some of the food that the fish eat or prevent the fish from properly digesting nutrients.

Maryjaeee · Jan 20, 2023

Kyanite14 said:
Maybe it is a parasite then… I mean, if the parasites are doing damage to the intestinal lining I wouldn’t be surprised if that made a change to their appetite. Like if they eat some of the food that the fish eat or prevent the fish from properly digesting nutrients.

I hope not

I noticed earlier her eyes look a little popped as well.
I will try to feed her something with garlic tmrw , should I try metroplex? I couldn’t dose my whole tank, and I don’t have a hospital tank but I could dose the food.

Maryjaeee · Jan 20, 2023

Kyanite14 · Jan 20, 2023

Maryjaeee said:
I hope not
I noticed earlier her eyes look a little popped as well.
I will try to feed her something with garlic tmrw , should I try metroplex? I couldn’t dose my whole tank, and I don’t have a hospital tank but I could dose the food.

I think metroplex is more for external infections, Fenbenzadole and Praziquantel are what are usually effective against internal parasites. What do you mean by her eyes popping?