URGENT-My cichlid is swimming upside down.

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Sunishka

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All my tank parameters look good , only the ph is at 8.2 temperature is at 25 . I donā€™t add any aquarium salt. The tank had developed some brown algae a month and a half ago, but I keep cleaning the tank and it keeps coming back , but itā€™s a lot lesser now . People say itā€™s harmless and my fishes were looking fine .
About a half a month ago I saw some green stringy stuff, and I try my best to clean it.
Now my fishes were feeding fine, they were definitely abnormally very shy, and were hiding a lot , it could be because I introduced 2 pots for both my cichlids and they seem to fight less and come out lesser too, sometimes they came out to feed, sometimes they didnā€™t. Only today one did come out , id donā€™t know if it lost colour or has white scales now, and is swimming upside down. I have isolated him and added some Pima fix and general aid to both aquariums. I canā€™t tell if the stomach is bloated . I think the breathing is low too.Whatā€™s wrong!?
 

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Water parameters and conditions?
tank size? Full stocking?
 
What sort of cichlid is it?

Can you post a video of the fish swimming?
 
Ph-8.4
Ammonia-0 ppm
Nitrite-0ppm
Nitrate -15 ppm
The bell is bloated tho , in it not?
What is full stocking?
I have a 40 l tank and have. 2 cichlids both are maingano
This one has been nipped and bullied
 

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It was flailing it's fins ,but now that has slowed down too
 
do a 75% water change. make sure the new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.
 
I was
Sorry if I'm wrong but It looks like a plastic fish to me.
I was going to say the same thing. Ive never seen a cichlid. That orange color with perfectly round yellow spots. Me thinks someone is having a laugh:)
 

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