I changed the water. But my tap water is 12.5 so I think it will go up to 20 in couple of days.
If his stomach doesn't go down, should I use epsom salt soon?
He has got bloodworms, market prawns, clams, mussels and squid. Not only ghost shrimps...my ceylons hate veggies. And pre-feeding the ghost shrimps are the only way to get veggies into them.
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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
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3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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right...i managed to get some epsom salts on friday last week (almost all pharmacy suppliers in my area have now de-listed this product, as aparently its too old fashioned and doesnt sell. i had to drive 30 miles to go the last jar i could find anywhere! 
i have a 35 litre hospitol tank so i dosed 2 1/2 desert spoons (i dont have tablespoon so converted 2 desert=1 table). I used level table spoons, is this correct or should they be heaped?
There has beem some effect but unfortunately he is still bloated round his back end. I was thinking a week should be a long enough time for the med to take effect.
On the veggies front i also purchased some live river shrimp, and (with some difficulty) managed to get them eating veggies. I then tried feeding them to my puffers. Unfortnately smokey does not seem to get interested in them. (the other 2 in my main tank loved them once they got used to them jumping away...very cute
)
I was thinking of trying to hide food buried in piece of cucumber so they would have to bite through it and eat it to get to the meaty stuff...is that just a crazy idea? (anyone tell im getting desperate yet- lol)
Any further ideas how to help my gorgeous litlle smokey with his bloated tummy, i think he must be in pain and starving as i am hardly feeding him.
thanks for all your help
Katy
i have a 35 litre hospitol tank so i dosed 2 1/2 desert spoons (i dont have tablespoon so converted 2 desert=1 table). I used level table spoons, is this correct or should they be heaped?
There has beem some effect but unfortunately he is still bloated round his back end. I was thinking a week should be a long enough time for the med to take effect.
On the veggies front i also purchased some live river shrimp, and (with some difficulty) managed to get them eating veggies. I then tried feeding them to my puffers. Unfortnately smokey does not seem to get interested in them. (the other 2 in my main tank loved them once they got used to them jumping away...very cute
)I was thinking of trying to hide food buried in piece of cucumber so they would have to bite through it and eat it to get to the meaty stuff...is that just a crazy idea? (anyone tell im getting desperate yet- lol)
Any further ideas how to help my gorgeous litlle smokey with his bloated tummy, i think he must be in pain and starving as i am hardly feeding him.
thanks for all your help
Katy