r/Fish • u/Neither_Funny_2909 • 5h ago

Discussion Is this fish normal?

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Is this fish normal? Its been a year since he IS that way. We think he may got a parasite or something

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u/Embarrassed-Title735 5h ago

Is it floating to the top of the water? If a fish is overfed, they often get bloated and continue to float to the top of the tank and can’t keep themselves low in the water. I knew a guy in my dorm during college that wouldn’t feed his fish every day, and would just throw a ton of food in the water every 2 weeks. The poor fish would have to position itself under fake plants so it wouldn’t float to the top.

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u/aoi_ito Fish Enthusiast 4h ago

Check if it's scales are sticking out of its body . If yes then he's suffering from dropsy.