My Jewel Cichlid something odd is going on with him or her?

Question

He has been sitting at the bottom hiding from the rest of fish he is bright red and fat and his eyes are puffy white is he sick or is she having babies??? the other jewel is light colored and swimming around. the one hiding has her fins down. I am not sure if she is pregnant or has some type of disease.??? can someone help me

Answer 1

Puffy white eyes have no correlation to potential spawning-- this is a bacterial infection.  I would strongly suggest quarantining it and treating (without the activated carbon in the filter) with Maracyn (1), Maracyn TC, EM Tabs, TC Capsules, or other gram positive effective antibiotics.