1, indigestion

Breeders feed too much feed to parrot fish, it will make the parrot fish because of too much food, gastrointestinal indigestion, which leads to the belly looks bulging. And the parrotfish in this state will also often stay at the bottom of the tank without swimming, if the condition is serious, the parrotfish will also have diarrhea.

The solution: keepers need to stop feeding behavior, and then timely change the tank water, while the water into the appropriate amount of hygromycin or gentamicin, so that the parrotfish medicinal bath for a few days or when the fish began to ask for food, and no longer diarrhea, you can put the parrotfish back to the clear water in the normal feeding.

2, parrotfish pregnant

Parrotfish belly bulging may be because of the pregnancy to spawn, usually in the parrotfish pregnant half a month or so, the belly will begin to grow. In addition to this, the parrotfish's genitals will also become more prominent.

Solution: During the parrotfish's pregnancy, we should minimize the change of water quality, and keepers should pay more attention to the parrotfish's status, and when it is found that it is spawning, we need to fish out the eggs in time, so as not to contaminate the water with moldy eggs in the aquarium.

3, intestinal disease

Parrot fish belly bulging may also be it because of bacterial infection caused by intestinal diseases, such as bacterial enteritis. If this is the case, the parrotfish will also show symptoms such as poor spirit and decreased appetite, which is able to be observed by the keeper.

Solution: If the color of the parrotfish suffering from enteritis remains unchanged, you can sprinkle haloperidol in the water to treat it with a medicated bath, and wait until the sick fish's stomach back to its original state can be stopped; if the parrotfish's body color begins to darken and appear to shrink the fins, rotting the tail, etc., then you need to use hygromycin copper sulfate and salt to its acute anti-inflammatory treatment, and then feed the appropriate amount of hygromycin or haloperidol to the sick fish to eat, and wait until the sick fish discharge symptoms. Sick fish to eat, until the sick fish discharge pus-like white feces, you can stop using drugs.

The above is the parrot fish belly bulging causes and solutions to the content of the introduction, I hope to help you. Note: parrotfish belly bulging causes more, keepers should determine the specific cause of the disease before treatment, so as not to cause secondary damage to the parrotfish because of improper treatment.