Egg bound L264 [graphic content]

[cavefish]

Hi guys,

Earlier today I noticed one of my L264 darting to the surface and then going listless. Tried pulling it out for an epsom salt bath after it seemed bloated, but died shortly afterwards. On a friend's suggestion I cut it open to find it was holding eggs. These are housed in a 30 gallon with multiple caves. Water parameters are 600 TDS / 7.6pH tap water, temperature 30C. Could these parameters have had any bearing on it becoming egg bound?

Thanks in advance

Karl

[Jools]

I don't think it's those water parameters, this is usually a physical defect or injury in an individual female or something else (i.e. the fish had eggs but the bloat was caused by something else). Some of those eggs are not transparent, that shouldn't happen internally.

Jools