Interesting thing happening here that I haven't seen before. I have a 33 
Galloncommunity tank, with a variety of common fish: serpae and neon tetras, 
some danios, a weather loach - that sort of thing. Mostly cheap, hardy, and 
common fish.
One of the platties seems absurdly swollen. I thought at first it was 
preggers - to be honest, I'm not that good on sexing fish. But now I look 
closer at it, all the scales seem to be pushed out from the body, giving it a 
'furry' kind of look. The thing looks like a tiny orange ballon with fins. 
There does not appear to be any fungal infections. No other fish in the tank 
seems at all unhealthy or abnormal. I haven't lost a fish since the second 
day I first put fish in the thing: I have reasonably healthy tanks.
The platty does not seem to be abnormally affected, either. It swims around 
reasonably normally, for having become a poster child for aquarian 
weight-watcher's programs. It consumes food, and otherwise seems to be living 
a normal fishy existence.
Any thoughts? Or is this thing _really_ preggers, and I am about to become a 
daddy?
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