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Aubrey
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I found a dying rice fish tonight with what appears to be some sort of intestinal complication and a red spot. I've had this fish along with 6 others in a 5 gallon tub for two weeks now. Since I can really only view them from above it's hard for me to say if this was showing any signs earlier.

Nitrate 30

Nitrite 0

Gh 300

Kh 40

Ph 6.8

Temp ~65 room temp

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So it's a couple days later and now I am observing what appears to be a swim bladder issue in another of the rice fish. It looks like the anus might be swollen and maybe has fungus or mucus around it.

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It is also swimming off balance. 

Is this a digestive issue? Since the water is 65 degrees. Is it parasites? Since this is the second fish to have the same affected area. I am going to move it in the specimen container to a heated aquarium to observe. What other treatments should I look into?

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