Causes of parrot fish’s bloated belly:

1. Indigestion. When breeders feed too much feed to parrot fish, the parrot fish will suffer from gastrointestinal indigestion due to overeating, resulting in a bulging belly.

2. Pregnancy and egg laying. The bulging belly of a parrot fish may be because it is pregnant and about to lay eggs. Usually, the belly of a parrot fish will start to get bigger around half a month into its pregnancy.

3. Intestinal diseases. If a parrot fish has a bulging belly, it may be due to a bacterial infection that causes intestinal diseases, such as bacterial enteritis. If this is the case, the parrot fish will also suffer from symptoms such as poor mental health and decreased appetite.

Precautions for parrot fish belly bulge:

1. Due to indigestion, the breeder needs to stop feeding first and replace the fish tank in time. water, and at the same time sprinkle an appropriate amount of oxytetracycline or gentamicin into the water, and let the parrot fish take a medicinal bath for a few days.

2. During the pregnancy of parrot fish, changes in water quality should be minimized. At the same time, breeders should pay more attention to the status of parrot fish. When they find that it is laying eggs, they need to fish out the eggs in time to prevent the eggs from Mold in the fish tank pollutes the water quality.

3. If the color of the parrot fish suffering from enteritis does not change, you can sprinkle norfloxacin into the water to treat it with a medicated bath, and stop using the medicine until the belly of the sick fish returns to its original state; If the body color of the parrot fish begins to turn black and symptoms such as shrunken fins and tail rot occur, it is necessary to use oxytetracycline copper sulfate and salt for acute anti-inflammatory treatment, and then feed an appropriate amount of oxytetracycline or norfloxacin to the sick fish. Eat until the sick fish discharges pus-like white stool, then you can stop taking the medicine.