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  1. V

    Feeding a fish with a chronical swim bladder

    Hi there, one of my oranda lionhead suffer of a swim bladder desease. I won't give up with her because luckely she merely floats on the top of the tank and after digestion time she swim normally It is the first time i deal with a problem like this, im totally newbie so i need help My personal...
    • V10l3t
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    • diet food goldfish oranda swim badder disorder swim bladder swim bladder disease
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Coldwater Fish and Ponds
  2. Jan Cavalieri

    Bladder Disease??? in a Dwarf Gourami HELP!

    I have a beautiful powder blue dwarf Gourami - one of the first fish I ever bought that recently was experiencing bladder disease starting about 4 weeks ago. I first noticed after a couple of weeks that she NEVER went to the top of the tank, she just sat on the bottom - so for anybody that...
  3. B

    Swim bladder

    My red tailed shark has swim bladder, can aquarium salt help this? Does anyone have suggestions for treatment?
  4. Jan Cavalieri

    Swim Bladder issues in a Gourami - going on 3+ weeks now

    a couple weeks ago I noticed one of my dwarf powder blue Gourami was not coming up to the top to get air. Interestingly, I had JUST read an article that insisted that Gourami are "obligatory air breathers" meaning they must come up for air while Betta's are "Facilitative air breathers" that...
  5. $

    Spinning glofish

    I have 6 glofish, 2 glofish tiger barbs, 3 rosy barbs, 8 zebra danios, 3 panda garras, and 1 Amano shrimp in a 20 gallon tank. Parameters are 7.4 ph, ammonia 0, nitrates 10-20. Feeding is once a day with fish flakes and about once a week I drop in an algae tab and some sinking shrimp pellets...
  6. Yayamama707

    Sick Molly Floating Tail Up

    So this is an update on my sick Female Molly. Hoping to get some more insight. Current situation is she has been bloated and floating tail up for over 24 hours now. We moved her to a hospital tank yesterday @ 3 pm and is still hanging in there (literally) but now Iā€™m noticing her eyes look a bit...
  7. N

    Swim bladder won't leave, spreading to my other fish...

    So I know this a very frequent question but I've never been able to fully fix my goldfish that had/has swimbladder and I'm at a loss of what to do. I've been keeping goldfish for about 3 years now and have been familiar and dealing with these sick fish for about half of that time. I currently...
  8. P

    Friendā€™s sick betta

    My friend has two betta fish. One of them died today. We canā€™t figure out whatā€™s going on so I seek help here. The symptoms are: -not eating (itā€™s been a week now) -swim bladder -stays at the bottom of the tank and only goes up for air My friend has tried everything, epsom salt baths, treated...
  9. E

    Pygmy corydoras with inflated swim bladder

    Hi all I have a pygmy corydoras with an over-inflated swim bladder that it does not appear to be able to release the air from. The fish is still able to swim throughout the water column and feed itself, but it must be causing it discomfort. Can anyone suggest what I can do to help this fish...
    • Evan Norton
    • Thread
    • inflated issue problem pygmy corydoras swim bladder
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Corydoras
  10. E

    Help!! Problems with my Dalmatian Molly!

    Hi, im new to this site and desperately need help with one of my fish. Ive had a 10 gallon for a couple of months and one of my most recent additions is a pair of dalmatian mollies. One of them was rather small but thats likely just because hes young. I noticed the smaller of the pair resting on...
    • EthanG_
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    • brackish fish flopping freshwater help illness mollies molly sick swim bladder swollen eye
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Livebearers
  11. F

    First timer here!

    Hi all! Very happy to be part of this group! After reading a ton of posts, I'm still lost so hopefully someone can help me asap. We don't have test strips so we will be getting them today, but we live out of the city so if there's a chance we need anything else, id like to get it in the same...
  12. M

    Betta Swim Bladder?

    My Betta is acting strange since about a week and half. He hangs out at the top of the tank and was swimming sideways for just a couple seconds a few times. But I thought it was odd how he swam. Now his tankmates are starting to pick on him, i fear its because he is sick and weak and now they...
  13. C

    Help please! Mystery illness. Columnaris? Long thread like lent on fin.

    Tank size: 10 gallon cube - filled halfway - planted tank/plants above and below water line. More description in text below pH: 6/6.5 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 0 kH: 0 gH: 0 tank temp: 78 degrees Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior)...
  14. V

    My fish is swimming weird!!

    My German blue ram is swimming up side down and side ways!!!!!! Is 1 gallon big enough for a quarantine tank???? What is wrong with him?? How do I stop it?
  15. R

    Help! Fish struggling to stay up, swim bladder problems?

    I have a cherry barb in a 20 gallon tank who is beating his front fins frantically and swimming upward in order to stay up, otherwise he sinks to the bottom. It seems like his swim bladder isn't working and he can't "float" in the water like before. I've had cherry barbs die of this in the past...
  16. K

    Help! Silver Tetra Bouncing Straight Up And Down

    Hey, I've been searching the forum to try to figure out what's wrong with my wife's fish without much luck. So I thought I would post about it and see if anyone has any ideas. Our silver tetra has been having trouble swimming for a couple months now, and getting worse. He started out with just a...
  17. S

    Sick Cory With Possible Swim Bladder Problem

    Request Help Ā  One of my two false bandit corys (corydoras melini) can't keep balance in the water, and frequently ends up losing balance and ending up on his side or upside down. He can right himself, and swim about normally, until he stops, at which point he has the issue. Tank size:Ā 30cm x...
  18. S

    Swim Bladder And Eating Bubbles?

    I am new to fish, I got a goldfish tonight that seemed to be swimming alright at the store(I watch all the fish I get for like 20 minutes to watch for aggression and abnormal swimming) and I got it home and when it stops swimming(seemingly to rest or just float around) it slowly rises with its...
  19. D

    Gradually Losing Female Guppy's

    Tank size: 34LĀ Link pH: 7.5 ammonia: 1 ppm (4 ppm two days ago) nitrite: 1 ppm (0 two days ago) nitrate: 5 ppm (30 this morning) (0 two days ago) kH: N/A - I don't have a test for these. gH: N/A tank temp: 22 'c (I have it colder than usual for the weather loaches) Ā  I am testing twice daily at...
  20. RCA

    Female Fighter Peculiar Behaviour: Any Ideas Please?

    Tank size: Was in 215 Litres, moved to Quarantine 12 Litres yesterday.Ā  Generally same readings on both aquariums. pH: 8.2 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 20-40ppm (I find my test not brilliant at this, when I take a sample to the LFS it is usually 0) *kH: 100mg/L *gH: Between 125-250 mg/L tank...
    • RCA
    • Thread
    • aquarium salt betta splendens darting dashing epsom salts female fighter head stander odd behaviour platinum halfmoon dragon swim bladder
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Tropical Fish Emergencies

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