SamUK
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Alrite guys,
one of my red finned chalceus has jus been swimming round in circles since sunday morning.
if anyone knos these fish then they dont really swim around much unless there shocked and even then they jus shoot to the other end of the tank.
it seems like his swim bladder is damaged or something because if he stops he kinda sinks.
he seems slightly bent upwards tho so i think it mite be more serious but he was like this for a lil while before sunday.
theyre always smacking themselves on the lid so i dont kno if this caused it but does anyone kno what i can do to cure it??
tank readings are as they should be and have been for about 6 months so i dont kno what it is or what to do.
anyone had anything like this?
EDIT - hes now sat in my net in the tank because he keeps trying to rest on the heater and my oscar trys to eat him (he would eat anything if it sat still long enough) even tho the chalceus is bigger!
hopefully the net will let him rest and keep him safe and not totally freak him out!
one of my red finned chalceus has jus been swimming round in circles since sunday morning.
if anyone knos these fish then they dont really swim around much unless there shocked and even then they jus shoot to the other end of the tank.
it seems like his swim bladder is damaged or something because if he stops he kinda sinks.
he seems slightly bent upwards tho so i think it mite be more serious but he was like this for a lil while before sunday.
theyre always smacking themselves on the lid so i dont kno if this caused it but does anyone kno what i can do to cure it??
tank readings are as they should be and have been for about 6 months so i dont kno what it is or what to do.
anyone had anything like this?
EDIT - hes now sat in my net in the tank because he keeps trying to rest on the heater and my oscar trys to eat him (he would eat anything if it sat still long enough) even tho the chalceus is bigger!
hopefully the net will let him rest and keep him safe and not totally freak him out!