Pizzafan Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 One of my CPDs has this massive ball on its underbelly. It seems to be swimming and eating fine, but it has been like this for a couple weeks and honestly looks painful! I haven’t seen this before, is it just super filled with eggs and not dropping them or does this suggest some disease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 That is not normal egg carrying. Possibly egg binding or a tumor of some sort. Even my most heavily gravid females looked nothing like that. @Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 On 5/12/2023 at 2:59 PM, Guppysnail said: That is not normal egg carrying. Possibly egg binding or a tumor of some sort. Even my most heavily gravid females looked nothing like that. @Colu I agree with @Guppysnail possible internal growth or egg bound heavy parasite load can also cause this type of bloating what I would suggest is trying Epsom salt baths 1 table spoon for 1 gallon for no more than 15 minutes for 5 days as Epsom salt acts as a muscle relaxant I would fast the fish for a couple days as well if your seeing no improvement after 5 days something else could be going on like a tumor or heavy parasite burden @Pizzafan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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