Rainbowfish Constipation

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Re: HELP
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2020, 07:38:03 PM »
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Yes, definitely best to treat in the spare tank. If you can cut / take out a small portion of the filter media from the main tank's filter and put it into the spare tank's filter (whatever fraction would correspond to the two tetras' body mass relative to the other fish), that ought to be sufficient to process the two tetras' waste.


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Re: Rainbowfish constipation
« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2020, 05:52:02 PM »
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Any update on your fish today @Beckins

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Re: Rainbowfish constipation
« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2020, 06:39:27 PM »
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He seems better today, he is at normal position in the tank, doesnt seem as active as he normally is though, hopefully will improve in a couple more days. Im holding off feeding for today, and gonna throw away the freeze dried bloodworms just incase that was part of the cause. I bought a frozen tropical mix from the fish shop yesterday anyway so will give that a try for a treat once a week instead :)

I have put the two tetras in a seperate tank and treating with esha2000 double dose yesterday, couple more days maybe i will see some improvement, they look all lonley in a 39L tank on their own lol.

Thankyou for all your responses, i am learning more and more each day about these fish! I seem to have been quite unlucky in some ways so far :-/ which brings me onto something else that has been bothering me about one of my female rainbows....

Shortly after i bought her i noticed she had something differerent 'inside' her to the other females, she acts totally normal and seems happy etc but im wondering what it is. Almost looks like a lump on the inside or something, the outside of her scales are unaffected. Pics attached, i circled the area its in, not so easy to see in pics i guess. (Pretty funny snap of her with her mouth open next to a tetra too lol)

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Re: Rainbowfish constipation
« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2020, 07:41:29 PM »
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I can't actually make it out but it might be a bruise. I'm only basing that on my experience of x-ray tetras getting what looked like a splinter in that location, only for it to disappear after a few days or so.  There is often individual variation between fish and it can take a while to figure out what's normal and what isn't, what's benign and not to be concerned about, and what is a disease.  Without having kept that species myself, I can't be certain.

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Re: Rainbowfish constipation
« Reply #24 on: July 04, 2020, 04:47:28 PM »
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Just to update stumpy the constipated fish is back to his normal self :) Thankyou for all your help! :fishy1:

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Re: Rainbowfish constipation
« Reply #25 on: July 04, 2020, 05:30:57 PM »
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Thanks for the update.
You may have to keep an eye on him at feeding time if he is prone to being greedy.  :)

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Re: Rainbowfish constipation
« Reply #26 on: July 04, 2020, 05:38:01 PM »
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I have thrown away the freeze dried blood worms...and after seeing the difference in the blood worms that come in the frozen food I am glad the freeze dried ones are gone as they looked nothing like what's in the proper frozen cubes!!

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