Obesity?

[Yunli]

My tiger barbs are getting a rather large lump on their undersides, is this obesity or natural growth or what?

[jono]

Keep an eye on them. If their scales pop out and they start acting funny you may have a problem.

[cocoa_pleco]

if their scales are out and they look like pine cones it may be dropsy, but i think its just overfeeding

[Yunli]

UPDATE:

Some if not most now have black spots on their sides. Like V pattern.

Their gills are also getting reddish and look bloody, what's going on!?!?!?

:scry: :scry: :scry:

[cocoa_pleco]

sounds like septicemia. for them to get all this at one time i think you have bad water quality

[Yunli]

What can I do... :scry: :scry: :scry:

[cocoa_pleco]

the best thing to do for starters is a large water change, then treat the fish

[Yunli]

I just did a water change, I cant go to LFS for a day or two, is there a specific treatment for this? :scry:

[Shea]

Yeah definitly test the water first and then change water accordingly.

If all else fails you may want to look into some meds.

[Red]

agreed with cocoa, and go get meds. Then before you put the meds in do a another W/C

[Yunli]

I'll try and get the meds tonight.

The green barbs are no longer greenish/blue, but a pale grayish. All my barbs are less than 2-3 inches off the bottom, they're not frenzying over food, their covered in black spots or red streak down the middle, and they're gills are all red

:scry: :scry:

ammonia levels aren't that high though, Nitrite levels spiked recently though. I thought it was good for my cycle .. :scry: :scry:

[cocoa_pleco]

ammonia levels aren't that high though

any amount of ammonia over time will cause death

[Northernguy]

I think if my fish were getting pink gills that I would be doing a water change.

[Yunli]

i've been doing one I think every day for the past week or so.