Might have a problem with one of my zebra danio

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He/she is looking bloated and swimming slowly, not like the rest of the nutcases.any help would be great.
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Scales sticking out?
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Couldn't tell, and just had a look and it's died. But it didn't look like it was pineconed. Going to keep an eye on the rest of the tank.
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Possibly eggbound or constipated?
Sorry you lost her. :(

What are you feeding? I know they tend to get problems with flake food.
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They 're on flake mostly and frozen about once a week. Might change them to frozen more often. I was thinking constipation myself but it came on really faxt.
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I use granules nowadays Jeff, had far less digestive problems with the fish.
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I'll have a look at those, cheers for that
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