I have one, 3 month old, Guppy, who is a sinker. Whenever he tries to swim to the top to eat, it sinks to the bottom. It tries again only to get tangle in the roots of the plants. Does anyone know what it's problem is? My other 20 fries are just fine and so are their parents. Whoever heard of a fish that can't swim.
Diane
2006-10-23 11:13:00 · 3 answers · asked by Girls M 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
Sounds to me like a case of swimbladder, guppies are not normally prone to this, but it can happen usually after a stress-related experience. It is difficult to determine the cause for this , but it seems that moving a fish from shallow water to deep water can trigger it, and poor water quality can cause it as well.
Please makesure that is ideen the problem with your little guy, if your not certain, put him in a sick tank, to ensure he is not sicker or will spread an unseen thing to your other fish. it's hard to give advice when you can't see things frist hand.
Some of the known reasons are, poor water quality
Over feeding causing consitpation(yes fish get this)
and or a bactieria
The swim bladder (also called the gas bladder or air bladder) is a flexible-walled, gas-filled sac located in the dorsal portion of body cavity. This organ controls the fish's buoyancy and in some species is important for hearing. Most of the swim bladder is not permeable to gases, because it is poorly vascularised (has few blood vessels) and is lined with sheets of guanine crystals.blah blah blah..right,lol
ok so here is the deal..
I recommend the following regimine for just that fish, if no others are showing problems...
While a number of medical and surgical procedures have been tried to correct the problem, results are usually not successful.
Strangly enough, one treatment that has had good results is feeding your fish a pea. That's right, a single green pea (canned or cooked and lightly crushed) once daily often helps cure the problem. Exactly how the “green pea” treatment works is unknown, but it is possible that the pea helps move or displace lighter and/or air-filled food through the digestive tract. Your veterinarian (yes they see fishes too)should still examine your fish, including a physical examination and radiography; however, the harmless and inexpensive "pea treatment" seems to have its place in managing buoyancy problems of goldfish which are prone to this problem, like i said before.
The “green pea” protocol should also include increasing the water temperature to 75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit and continued feeding of the regular commercial fish food. However, discontinue feeding your fish floating pellets or flake food.
2006-10-23 11:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by ******************** 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could have a problem with his swim bladder, usually it gets too full of air but yours sounds the opposite. I have never had a fish with that problem, only fish floating fish (that's when the peas help) but maybe someone else on here has. You can search the web swimbladder and see if you can find something about sinking.
2006-10-23 11:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by Nunya Biznis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it seems that the guppy is sick and it is about to die
2006-10-23 12:46:04 · answer #3 · answered by Ben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋