my rosy barb has usually been full of color a fast swimmer and plump

I have a video here!


all the stats are in control such as nitrate ammonia nitrate etc.etc.etc.

please help!

Hi, and sorry to hear your fish is sick, although its a little difficult to tell what the problem is on the video.

I'm not a mod, so I can't help you on your fish, but even though your water params are ok, they are going to need you to answer all of the questions in the above box in order to help you better. The more info they have, the better they can try to figure out what the problem is.



Nice tropical tank, btw.

umm 30 gallon tank
i have 30 gallon tetra filter
water changes every week
i put in nitraban
no medications or new fish
i feed them flake food and shrimp pellets

and thats all i know

It would help them somewhat if you could go into a little bit of detail of exactly what is wrong with your fish, such as a description of what the problem is exactly. Any unusual findings on the fish such as "grains of salt", bloody streaks, frayed fins or fungus? Any unusual behavior such as staying on the bottom, not eating, gasping for air,...things like that. When did you notice changes?

Coming on here for help is like going to the doctors office. They need the details!

the stomach is sunken in pale and slower than it used to be

Sorry to say I know very little about tropical fish. But I am going to move your thread to the trops sick area. There someone should be able to help you better. Good luck with him.

my albino tigerbarb also has the "flat stomach problem" so does my friend's green tiger brab, I think its a result of secondary bacterial infections, but thats just my guess, Im not sure why it goes flat either, it doesnt seem to harm them, but so far it hasnt gone away on either fish so Im guessing its irreversible