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- From: bhaskar@brtph181.bnr.ca (Shaji Bhaskar)
- Subject: Re: Bloated tetra
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.220527.21867@brtph560.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: BNR Inc. RTP, NC
- References: <1993Jan1.185934.22534@zooid.guild.org>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 22:05:27 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan1.185934.22534@zooid.guild.org> Lynda Fincham <gaea@zooid.guild.org> writes:
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- >Last night one of my neon's seem to get "bloated" - ie, his stomach got very
- >large, and he couldn't sink to the bottom. He spent about half his time trying
- >to swim downwards at a rather steep angle, and the rest of the time lying on
- >his side on the surface, resting I assume.
-
- >This morning he was fine..
-
- When I feed my Neon tetras flake food, they exhibit similar symptoms
- (to a lesser degree). My hypothesis is that they may be swallowing
- some air along with the flakes.
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- Are you overfeeding, by any chance? Also, you might want to vary
- their diet a bit. They eat boiled spinach and such veggies in
- addition to live foods like brine shrimp.
-
- -Shaji.
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- Shaji Bhaskar BNR, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (bhaskar@bnr.ca)
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