I recently rescued a sick Crowntail named Syd. He seemed to have a fungus on his fins and head that has gone away. He was on the mend and pretty active until the last few days. He has been very sick...just floating at the surface of his 1.5 gallon hospital bowl with floating Hornwort. The bottom of his bowl has no gravel so I can see his poop and remove it with a turkey baster. He gets a 50% water change every day. I use Seachem Prime in his water. Water temperature is between 78 and 80 degrees.
At first I thought he was constipated but he eats and poops ok. Now I am not so sure. Yesterday he was sitting at the bottom breathing hard and hardly moving so I put an air stone in his bowl connected by a valve so it can give some very gentle bubbles and airate his water.
Since the air stone he now just sits at surface taking in some oxygen once in awhile. He did swim around during his water change but after that he went back to floating at the surface on some Hornwort. I have not fed him today and he hasn't pooped.
Could it be swim bladder disease? He's not floating on his side. Is there something I am missing? I am not feeding him for the next three days to see if he gets over it. I was hoping he'd feel better by the time I upgrade his aquarium to a 2.5 gallon one. Now I am afraid he's not going to make it.
At first I thought he was constipated but he eats and poops ok. Now I am not so sure. Yesterday he was sitting at the bottom breathing hard and hardly moving so I put an air stone in his bowl connected by a valve so it can give some very gentle bubbles and airate his water.
Since the air stone he now just sits at surface taking in some oxygen once in awhile. He did swim around during his water change but after that he went back to floating at the surface on some Hornwort. I have not fed him today and he hasn't pooped.
Could it be swim bladder disease? He's not floating on his side. Is there something I am missing? I am not feeding him for the next three days to see if he gets over it. I was hoping he'd feel better by the time I upgrade his aquarium to a 2.5 gallon one. Now I am afraid he's not going to make it.
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