What IS that thing hanging from her belly?
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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.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
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.
Read this before posting!!
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.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
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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Ack!! Look at this!
I just came home to find my female looking like this:
What IS that thing hanging from her belly?
What IS that thing hanging from her belly?
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Re: Ack!! Look at this!
You can try emailing me the pics. I can't see them at work. Steel.and.Fire@hotmail.com is my phone email.~reefchik~ wrote:I just came home to find my female looking like this:
What IS that thing hanging from her belly?
I hope whatever it is, you find assistance ASAP
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Re: Ack!! Look at this!
Lol looks like poop to me 
what did you feed it? whatever you feed your puffer thats what usually the colour of the poop is.
what did you feed it? whatever you feed your puffer thats what usually the colour of the poop is.
I have 2 water water pugs that own me!!
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Re: Ack!! Look at this!
I cannot help you But..Please take pictures of the thing if it falls off..
Perhaps it is a hemorrhoid...Just kidding..that thing, whatever it is..is very scary!!!!!!!!
Does the puff seem bothered by it?
Perhaps it is a hemorrhoid...Just kidding..that thing, whatever it is..is very scary!!!!!!!!
Does the puff seem bothered by it?
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Puffer710
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Re: Ack!! Look at this!
I can't tell....does it look as if it is a growth of some sort or does it look separate from the body? It looks like a growth judging by the color, but I cannot see that close. Zoom in more. Haha. Just kidding. It's a good shot. Well see if you can give a little more info. Is it growing? Does it appear to be disconnecting? Let me know and I might be able to direct you to what it is.
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Re: Ack!! Look at this!
Has it fallen off or is it still hanging out her backside. What food was last given. Looks pink like digested Krill.
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Might be swelling from something lodged up in the good 'ol rectum. If that is the case....it will break down and they will work it out. I don't think it's swelling from a parasite or anything like that. Not 100% though.
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Re: Ack!! Look at this!
I think the fish's mouth is too small for that to be a single piece of undigested food. I suspect it could be a prolapse, a small length of inside out intestine. Usually will go away by getting sucked back in on it own. DO NOT try to knock a prolapse off. Prolapse can be caused by constipation, so if you decide that's what it is, some epsom salt in the water should help clear out anything else stuck in there.
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Re: Ack!! Look at this!
I'm thinking prolapse too.
It's attached almost certainly. If she was older I might think ovipositor, but she's only about an inch and half long.
The last thing she ate was bloodworms as far as I know. She could have gotten ahold of a couple small snails I put into the tank yesterday, too. Really small.
I just looked and it's still there. It wasn't there this morning, but I went to the grocery store for a bit and when I came home - there it was.
She acts fine. Like "feed me! NOW!"
It's attached almost certainly. If she was older I might think ovipositor, but she's only about an inch and half long.
The last thing she ate was bloodworms as far as I know. She could have gotten ahold of a couple small snails I put into the tank yesterday, too. Really small.
I just looked and it's still there. It wasn't there this morning, but I went to the grocery store for a bit and when I came home - there it was.
She acts fine. Like "feed me! NOW!"
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Re: Ack!! Look at this!
I'd try the epsom salt, it's pretty much harmless. Bloodworms and snails make pretty dark poop, nothing like that.
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Yes, I have been siphoning out lots of dark poop since these kids moved into the 'hood!
What is the dosing for epsom salts and do I need to take her to a QT tank to do it? Or can I dose the tank?
What is the dosing for epsom salts and do I need to take her to a QT tank to do it? Or can I dose the tank?
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I like coming to this forum because the members here are so informative and brilliant..I often take mental notes..just so I can learn things..
But this one blows my mind for some reason...Prolapse? Who would have thought that such a thing could occur to a fish? I am writing this one down...
You guys are amazing
But this one blows my mind for some reason...Prolapse? Who would have thought that such a thing could occur to a fish? I am writing this one down...
You guys are amazing
Re: Ack!! Look at this!
+1Nick wrote:I think the fish's mouth is too small for that to be a single piece of undigested food. I suspect it could be a prolapse, a small length of inside out intestine. Usually will go away by getting sucked back in on it own. DO NOT try to knock a prolapse off. Prolapse can be caused by constipation, so if you decide that's what it is, some epsom salt in the water should help clear out anything else stuck in there.
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw it.
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Re: Ack!! Look at this!
1tbsp per 10 gallon, it shouldnt hurt anything else in there just softens up the stools.
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