Rasboras Bloated Or Pregnant

Hi everyone i need some advice on 4 of my Harlies i dont know if they are suffering from bloat or are pregnant. I have lost one in the last day and have now put the other 4 in a hospital tank.

I am ready to try Epsom salts if they are bloated as i have read this helps with withdrawing and fluid retention.

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Thank you Sue I'm guessing not pregnant then. I will hold off on the salts.i just fed them Daphnia but have no plastic or silk plants but will pick one up tomorrow.

Hi Rustle,

As they aren't livebearer fish, they won't be pregnant as such - but it's possible they may be eggbound as Sue mentions. Are all of them female, though? It seems a little coincidental if they are, yet they all look a similar shape.

I've had my harlies for 3.5 years. I'm not certain how many males and how many females I have, but think the slightly rounder ones are female; however, none of them have looked as round as yours or eggbound.  Looking at the video, I'd hazard a guess that yours eat more than mine - how much food do you give them and how often?

 

Don't think it can be that, then, unless you're feeding a huge amount in the morning. I now feed several times per day but mine are definitely much slimmer.

I also don't think it can be the algae wafer to blame as I think the shrimp and ottos will get most of the share, and one algae wafer per week is unlikely to have much effect. I've noticed my two smaller harlequins hang around over the snail food dish and peck at the food frequently, yet no bloating.

Hmmm - think best to follow Sue's advice and see what happens.

Were the harlies much slimmer, then just expanded suddenly and recently, or has it been gradual?

Thanks to all that replied i lost 2 harlies but managed to save 2 by giving them salt baths and using Esha 2000 & feeding them frozen daphnia

They are going to go back in the main tank sometime today.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all

The first day i gave them each an Epsom salt bath for half hour and then raised the temperature to 29.5 c. On day two i gave them another bath in the morning and then on day 3 I fed them frozen daphnia mixed with peas.

When i woke up in the morning i found one dead stuck to the filter .I then started the Esha 2000 treatment but doubled the normal dosage for the 3 day course & fed them on the second day of the course treatment.I then done a big water change of 75% but lost another fish that afternoon.

The next day i gave the remaining 2 another salt bath but this time for only 15 mins and then fed them crushed up new life spectrum flake. I then added some more Esha 2000 but this time it was day 2 and day 3 at normal dosage cutting out the day 1 dosage if that makes sense. All of a sudden they started to look lively and were diving up to the top to grab the flake and not waiting for it to drop.

I read some good reviews about Esha Optima so i brought some and added that to the tank and within a few days they started to colour up and not looked so faded. I put them back in the main tank yesterday and they were going back and forth with the others. I don't know if any long lasting damage was done by doing this treatment but they are alive now' which i don't  think they would have been if i had not done anything.

They still have a slightly rounded belly but it's not kinda square like it was and they are now active not hovering by the filter.

So fingers crossed i have managed to save 2 but only time will tell.