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Hi all,

I have a strange goings on at the moment, my Polystigma male has a slightly sunken belly but seems to be normally well. Some time ago I had a Livingstonie male that suffered the same complaint and he eventually passed on, not sure if the sunken belly was the cause but it was evident.

I'm sure it's not from being under feed.

My question is, what are the base causes of this complaint, why haven't any of the other inhabitants ever suffered this complaint in the same tank, and is it something that may be common to the Nimbochromis group? I have a Venustus male in the tank as well that I'll be keeping a close eye on.

Any info or suggestions are appreciated.

Cheers

Glenn

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Is the fish eating then spitting the food?

No, as far as I can see all is normal, it's just a bit weird that it's Nimbo's and nothing else.

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Sounds like wasting

Craig T put a large post up some time ago

As far as I know its not cureable

It dosent spread from fish to fish

Fish will still seem to eat but just keeps loosing condition

why /how do fish get it I am not sure

Maybe when water conditions arent perfect the week fish get it ??????

I will try some experiements to cure this over the next couple of months

In the mean time maybe try some medicated flakes like NLS Therma A in the mean time

Cheers

Craig

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Sounds like wasting

Craig T put a large post up some time ago

As far as I know its not cureable

It dosent spread from fish to fish

Fish will still seem to eat but just keeps loosing condition

why /how do fish get it I am not sure

Maybe when water conditions arent perfect the week fish get it ??????

I will try some experiements to cure this over the next couple of months

In the mean time maybe try some medicated flakes like NLS Therma A in the mean time

Cheers

Craig

Thanks Craig, mick and jamie. I'll try the med's.

glenn

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