Van You Cure Swim Bladder?

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i have a guppy that i bought from the LFS ans it came with swim bladder, i wasnt to sure what was up with it at first it was very thin and its gills were slighlty bigger than normal. She just swam around the same spot, last night which is 2 days afer i got it it would jsut randomly sink, roll over and jsut look abit nuts, it never swam properly. I didnt think there was another problem and that it gills were stiking out as it was so thin. Ive put sum peas in for it but dont think it can get to it, do i hand feed it? i stuck in sum baby fish food that smaller and he went nuts eating as much as he could. This morning he is swimming better but still u can see towards the back of the body it jsut goes extremely thin, like its wide then suddenly really thin astho somethings blocked. i hope i can get her to eat the peas and unblock herself but i couldnt find anywhere if swim bladder is cureable or infectious?

thanks for your help
 
Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.

Swim bladder has many causes.
Bad water quality, internal parasites, injury, birth defect, unstable temp, bacterial, unstable diet.

Being thin can mean old age, fish tb, internal parasites, bacterial, not feeding enough, fish isn't eating. external parasites.

Has the fish lost weight due to not eating.
What does it look like when the fish goes to the toilet.
Is the anus enlarge or red and inflamed.
Any worms prutruding from the anus.
Is the spine bending.
Does the fish swim on its side.

The gills do they look pale with excess mucas or red inflamed, Do the gills look like there bleeding.
Any signs of excess mucas, flicking and rubbing, darting, erratic swimming, laboured breathing or gasping.
Any red sores or red pin prick marks on the fish.
Does the fish swim in a jerky movement.
 

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