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yellowcichlid08
04/11/2010, 01:50 PM
I have on yellow african cichlid in a 20 gallon tank, I've had him for a little over five years...I noticed this morning that he's been swimming very erratically such as "digging" holes into his gravel, swimming up and down the glass, just behavior that is not what he typically does and I'm very familiar with his day to day habits. He's just extremely restless and will not relax for even a few seconds.

I also noticed on his abdomen a little bit of swelling but reading online he doesn't appear to have the "symptoms" of bloat either.

I thought I'd ask you folks because it seems to me the people at the pet stores/fish shops know less about fish than I do...

*pH, temp, and everything is stable and where it needs to be...

Any help would be greatly appreciated