[Marine1]

My six-line wrasse is going to explode. Its stomach is almost translucent and growing. It is getting so big the skin/scales are coming off. It is literally going to explode

Anyone know a good fish laxative????


Please help; I don't know what to do.

[Jeremy0322]

I would still say that you may have an internal parasite. I dont know if there are any adverse affects to treating for something they dont have but if you have a QT and there is no risk put the fish in QT and treat for parasites. I really cant think of anything else that it is. If you only have one I cannot imagine it is pregnant or anything.

[Mirkle]

how long have you had it?

[DEWAYNE]

I am wondering the same, how long have you had the inmate, and how much are you feeding and how often, I have never had this happen to one of my fish, so don't really have a solution for you, type a list of inmates and, size and type of fish.

[Marine1]

I am only feeding once a day. I rotate; one day I will feed a pinch of pellets (New Life Spectrum all purpose pellets) and freeze dried krill (for the trigger & pufer) and the next day I will feed 1 or 2 cubes from the frozen saltwater multipack.

I have had the six line for about a year.

The other inmates are as follows: foxface, 2 percs, orange tail blue devil damsel, clown trigger, Valentini puffer, and Lawnmower blenny. I have a FOWLR tank and the fish have been doing great for a long time; up until recently.

I just looked for the six line when I got home and she/he is MIA . Poor thing probably exploded and has been eaten. Before I went to bed last night I checked on her/him and it had a crap stuck and it couldn't have a bowel movement (constipated). Poor thing; I feel so bad.