my fish is swimming sideways

[TheeMon]

hey hes been swimming on his side for a few days, why? p.h is around 7-8 hes been on his side 2 or 3 days, another one did this like 4-7 days ago then pet back to norml... before this they had inch and started hiding like mad,

i thought i was good at this but theres some big proglems

fyi i have cichlids...

 

[tstenback]

what are your tank parameters? How long have you had the fish?
It sounds like a swim bladder problem. These can be caused by a variety of conditions such as poor water conditions, improper acclimatization and bacterial infection to name a few. To better help you out could you give us a little more detail, please.

 

[kgrehm]

More info would help, but I used to have fish that swimmed on there sides and i really didnt know what to treat it with. If you dont see really anything wrong then I would try and just add some tetracylen and see. Because if there is nothin wrong in the parameters then there is usually a secret thing hiding like a bacteria infection most likely and thats perfect to help with that. HTH