Help: Clown Loaches Dying [Bloated Stomach + Pop Eye (at times)]

Melvin1976 · 08-11-2015, 08:35 PM

Hi Anyone can advice?
My clown loaches keep dying. Mostly is bloated stomach. At times, some with have bloated stomach+ pop eyes. What happen? I've tried partial water change and add salt. There must be a way to help? Please advice...?

Attached some photos for your expert advices.

Thank you,
Melvin

Squid · 10-11-2015, 08:07 PM

check your water parameters.
they are quite sensitive to bad water.

Kheong · 07-12-2015, 11:06 PM

Thought clown loaches, as they are scaleless, should not put too much salt or medication.

Anyway, sounds like dropsy. So far I have very little success with dropsy, but typical advice would be od does anti-bacteria medication, while the other school would say keep water parameter healthy (.e.g change 50% twice a week) and hope that the kidney is not stressed further and recover.

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Melvin1976 Arofanatic Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 51	Help: Clown Loaches Dying [Bloated Stomach + Pop Eye (at times)] Hi Anyone can advice? My clown loaches keep dying. Mostly is bloated stomach. At times, some with have bloated stomach+ pop eyes. What happen? I've tried partial water change and add salt. There must be a way to help? Please advice...? Attached some photos for your expert advices. Thank you, Melvin

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10-11-2015, 08:07 PM	#2
Squid Endangered Dragon Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 8,036	check your water parameters. they are quite sensitive to bad water.

07-12-2015, 11:06 PM	#3
Kheong Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,147	Thought clown loaches, as they are scaleless, should not put too much salt or medication. Anyway, sounds like dropsy. So far I have very little success with dropsy, but typical advice would be od does anti-bacteria medication, while the other school would say keep water parameter healthy (.e.g change 50% twice a week) and hope that the kidney is not stressed further and recover.

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