Hello everyone, it's me again, you may recognize my name as I have been having a lot of fish related bad luck this past week with 1 fish dying and 2 more becoming ill, all-in different tanks.
I was on the forum yesterday and today to get to the bottom of my sick snowflake eel who I suspect has a bacterial infection cause by elevated nitrates in the water. While I have been working constantly to reduce those nitrates, I wanted to bring to light my porcupine pufferfish. She has been looking quite bloated now for about a week. Acting kind of off sometimes ill find her not moving at all, but still acting normal enough to not cause immediate concern and Shes been eating very well. I thought the bloating was due to constipation and I gave her peas one day and then 2 days of fasting and then more peas. That seemed to help as the bloating reduced slightly. This evening however I went to check on the tank and got quite the surprise. It seems as if her rectum or intestines are completely hanging out of her anus. I am unsure how to treat this and I have never heard of this happening before. I was thinking of trying some espon salt but I definitely would like a second opinion.
I was on the forum yesterday and today to get to the bottom of my sick snowflake eel who I suspect has a bacterial infection cause by elevated nitrates in the water. While I have been working constantly to reduce those nitrates, I wanted to bring to light my porcupine pufferfish. She has been looking quite bloated now for about a week. Acting kind of off sometimes ill find her not moving at all, but still acting normal enough to not cause immediate concern and Shes been eating very well. I thought the bloating was due to constipation and I gave her peas one day and then 2 days of fasting and then more peas. That seemed to help as the bloating reduced slightly. This evening however I went to check on the tank and got quite the surprise. It seems as if her rectum or intestines are completely hanging out of her anus. I am unsure how to treat this and I have never heard of this happening before. I was thinking of trying some espon salt but I definitely would like a second opinion.