bloated chinese algae eater

Had CAE in cycled 55gal tank. Ammon 0. Nitrite 0. Nitrate 10 - 15. ph 6.6. Temp 77.7. Tank setup for 7 months. No new fish. All were quarantined initially. Tank had: (all juvenilles while awaiting 125 gal tank to cycle) 1 CAE, 2 clown loaches (4 smaller in 10gal learning to eat) , 4 angels, 2 silver dollars, 2 bala sharks. CAE bloated 2days ago and has small red spots on sides. Ive found a lot of similar issues but no concrete answers. We pulled him out last night and placed him in a 10 gal. QT. Pulled carbon out and added apI antifungal meds till we could find out what to do. He is going to inherit the 55 gal all to himself once the upgraded 125 gal. cycles since hes quite territorial. His name is Mickey (as in Jagger....the lips) and although he a fussy butt..we love him so. PLEASE....help us save him! We do weekly vacuuming and 25 perc. water changes. Has Eheim ecco pro canister for 80 gal and whisper hang on. Plenty of aeration too. All other fish seem and look ok.

 

could you post a pic? It could be external parasites, bacterial infection, severe internal parasites, or fish TB... or bullying, is it possible he is being picked on? Which doesn't narrow it down much, and those things require very different courses of action.

 

Thanks for replying! You are the only person that tried. After much reading and some deductive reasoning, we determined he had bacterial hemmorhagic septicemia. He was the bully in our 55gal tank, so I'm certain he wasn't bullied. I moved him to QT that night and dosed him with Maracyn and Maracyn 2. I am happy to report that his bloating and the redness has all faded away. He will be staying in the QT for a while longer...just to be safe. Ps. I'm new to the forum and not sure how to post a pic. I do have 1.

 

I added a pic in my gallery. Its what he looked like before the meds took effect. Hope you can see it. Thanks again!

 

It's not a very good angle, or very detailed, but from what I could see I would have guessed septicemia.. like I said, though, a better pic of his sides and tummy would have helped a tad more.
I'm sure more people looked, but after my comment not much more needed to be said; I gave a list of what all it could be, and without a photo there wasn't a good way of telling which source of red spots was more likely.
If you look at a lot of "help" posts, the first post states a problem, the second asks a question and/or suggests a course of action, and the third post answers the question, asks more questions, or seconds the course of action.
No questions could be answered by anybody else, no more questions needed to be asked, and no action was recommended that could be seconded: it's not that nobody cared or knew what should be done in various instances, but nothing needed to be said- the fish was still alive, so no condolences were wanted either... and there are usually fish emergencies, so many times if someone looking to help sees that someone else is already helping someone and nothing need be added, they move on to the next emergency.
Hope your CAE recovers to his full health!
Oh, I forgot to say, Welcome to Fishlore!