ChubilyMarshmellow@gmail.
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This is my first time posting here because I am genuinely stumped. One of my longfin serpae tetras got herself stuck between a decoration and the side of the tank. After I freed her, I noticed she had rubbed off the entire right side of her scales. Later I noticed she wasn't moving much, and I have assassin snails so I didn't want her to get eaten - I made a nursery on the side of the tank for her to be isolated. She was doing better in there. The next morning, she appeared to have swim bladder symptoms. She is floating at the top on her side, however she is still breathing and when I nudged her to make sure she was alive, she swam around on her side a bit. She can't stay upright and she won't use her left fin. I'm very confused because swim bladder is usually a digestive compaction issue - does anyone know what's wrong and what I can do?