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Its a new tank ive had fish in it for about 1 week now i have 6 fish but today after feeding one of my zebra fish started swiming around upside down ect...i i think its had air in him or something can anyone help ... thanks

Volume: approx. 110 litres

it was cycled with aqua safe and was told by 3 different pet stores it would be fine to use. i added fish around a week after buying and on the day i added them i used aqua safe

i have 2 pollys and 4 zebra striped fish
 
Its a new tank ive had fish in it for about 1 week now i have 6 fish but today after feeding one of my zebra fish started swiming around upside down ect...i i think its had air in him or something can anyone help ... thanks

Volume: approx. 110 litres

it was cycled with aqua safe and was told by 3 different pet stores it would be fine to use. i added fish around a week after buying and on the day i added them i used aqua safe

i have 2 pollys and 4 zebra striped fish

feed your fish frozen peas!! it's a detoxifier.

also i would recommend you to cycle your new tank for at least 4 weeks. also check your water parameters. another thing! you should only add about 2-3 fishes at once in your new tank to prevent too mush toxic!
 
Ok...lets start simple here...

First of all, all fish have a swim bladder. It stops them either sinking or floating, according to how much gas there is in it. There's no such thing as 'swimmer's bladder', or even 'swim bladder disease', in the same way there's no human disease called 'stomch ache'; it's a symptom of something else.

It doesn't sound like your tank is cycled (ie, it doesn't yet have enough good bacteria living in the filter to eat the fish's wastes), so you need to do some big water changes until you can get your water tested for ammonia and nitrite.

I'd suggest you buy yourself kits for those (and get liquid or tablet based ones, not the paper dip strips, they're not very accurate) rather than rely on your LFS (local fish shop). If you do have your shop test the water for you, it's most important that you right down the actual numbers and don't just let the shop tell you 'it's fine', but you rely do need tests of your own.

In the meantime, drain nearly all the water out of the tank, leaving just enough for the fish to swim upright, and refill with temperature matched, dechlorinated water. Don't forget to switch your filter and heater off first! That should get rid of the toxins that are building up (from the fish's poo and wee) and poisoning the fish.

You will probably need to do at least a 50% water change every day for the next few weeks, unless you can get hold of some already cycled filter media (that's the sponges or whatever is inside the filter). Your shop might give you some if you ask, or do you have any friends with tanks, or even ponds, that might help you out?
 

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