i have 5 danios and i woke up this morning and one of them is floatin around the tank but its tail is below head level so its in a diagonal line and about an hour after i noticed it i found it hiding behind my filter at the bottom of the tank does anyone have any ideas?
2006-09-19 21:26:46 · 6 answers · asked by laura c 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Swimbladder is a disease which symptoms cause fish to become unable to swim correctly, your fish may exibit swimming toward the bottom of your tank, then floating back up, swimming in circles or laying or floating on his side....
There are three main things according to the posts and articles I've read that can lead to swimbladder disease.
Constipation due to overfeeding
Bad water quality
Bacteria
I recommend the following regimine, recommened to me over two years ago.
First, assoon as you notice signs of swimbladder do a 50% water change, taking care not to stress the fish by having the water temp as close to his tank as possible.
After your water change you should not feed your fish any food for two days. On the third day feed your fish a fresh pea. Frozen peas thawed, popped out of the skin, and cut into bite size pieces. And then do another water change so that any uneaten peas do not contaminate your water. If you don't use aquarium salt this is a good addition to most tanks. The recommended dose is one teaspoon per gallon, or one tablespoon per five gallons. If you have never added salt and you are unsure; you may want to first acclimate him at only 1/2 tsp per gallon.
If this seems to be a frequent problem you may consider feeding less. Your water quality could indicate more frequent water changes. All my fish seem to love the peas and it may be of great benifit to feed a pea once a week.
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2006-09-20 02:48:21 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely this is a swim bladder disorder. It could be the result of poor water quality, over feeding, or disease.
0)Don't do a massive water change as suggested. If you fish are suffering from ammonia, or nitrate poisoning. They are less tolerent to big changes in water chemisty. A 30% change once per day, or a 20% in the morning, and evening are the most you should do. Like wise you shouldn't change your pH more that ~.2 a day.
1)Check your ammonia, nitrate, and pH. Ammonia should be non existant, nitrates at less than 50 ppm (idealy less than 10), and your pH should 6.5-7. You can buy a test kit, or take a water sample to many fish stores. If ammonia and nitrate levels are high start changing your water per #0. Note that if your ammonia levels are to high you are over stocked, overfeeding, didn't cycle, and/or under filtered. Did you cycle your tank?
2)Consider if you are over feeding. Do you feed more than once a day? Does in take more than 2-3 minutes for them to eat their food.
3)Examine the fish closely. Are there white spots. Fuz? Ragged fins? Bloody patches? Bloating?
2006-09-20 19:35:35 · answer #2 · answered by Sabersquirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be an early sign of Dropsy. Maracyn-2 from Virbac Animal Health, and also if you have another tank (small one is fine) that you can put him/her in all by themselves while you treat them with this - that would be best.
Good luck, and here is the link for the meds...
http://www.virbacpets.com/mardel/product.php?pid=182&PHPSESSID=49f1cccf64414904aacad539cbe21bf0
2006-09-20 09:12:30 · answer #3 · answered by sly2kusa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to act NOW change the water a bout 50-75% get medication also test the water
2006-09-20 07:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by C live 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
test the water as fast as posable and do a water change
2006-09-20 15:45:51 · answer #5 · answered by ctr18c5turbo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You seem to have a problem! There must be something you can do!
2006-09-20 05:26:33 · answer #6 · answered by Jordan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋