2006-10-30 09:17:46 · 22 answers · asked by m4tthrny 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
i see a whirling toilet in the horizen
2006-10-30 09:19:41 · answer #1 · answered by Tay Tay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LISTEN your fish still can be saved trust me my fish had the same problem, it has a condition called swimbladder, basicly its a common problem for cold water fish, what you do is take it out, put it in a bowl with fresh water, hold it up right cause if your fish swims upside down then it will lose all fight to live, it could take a good few hours though, lift it out of the water once in while for a few secs to shock its system (so it can wake up), also you will need to get the the pet shop quick and buy swimbladder treatment. This is 95% effective.
2006-10-30 10:02:46 · answer #2 · answered by greekmanuk81 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like swimbladder to me. May be able to treat it with swimbladder medication from a pet store. If you do end up putting it out of its misery, don't flush it until it's really dead! You can dissolve clove oil in a glass of water, put the fish in, and it will go to sleep. Then have ice water ready, once unconscious put it in and leave it in the freezer for a while. The clove oil eliminates the pain from the ice crystals forming, but the ice is what actually kills it. When yo're all done, THEN you can flush it.
2006-11-01 19:07:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be kind take it out of the tank and wrap it in newspaper and hit it swiftly on the head with something heavy. Cruel No! Kind yes! It has a problem with it's buoyancy bladder and will eventually die.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. But I have had fish before and this is the only way to treat your fish humanely.
Get someone to do it for you you if you cannot bring yourself to do it.
2006-10-30 09:31:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Place it in a small pot of salted water on your stove. Turn the heat on high, add vegetables to taste. Bring to a boil then simmer for 30 minutes
2006-10-30 09:20:59 · answer #5 · answered by bikeworks 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
might have a collapsed lung get a bottle of blue medicine from the pet shop and does the tank but remember to take all your stuff out of the tank cos its like dye
2006-10-30 09:22:09 · answer #6 · answered by fivelighters 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That fish is about to die. Its bladder that controls bouyancy is damged from lack of brain activity and blood flow. Its is about to die, and there is no saving it. Put it out of its misery by taking firecrackers and lighting them and dropping them into the aquarium until one pops close enough to crush its delicate spine.
2006-10-30 09:21:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you bought it in the last 7 days from a pet shop - take it back and ask for your money back - re: law on goods and services.
2006-10-30 16:30:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is probably swimbladder. With my bettas I isolate them and don't feed them for a day or so and it tends to clears up on its own. Swimbladder is brought on by over feeding and don't worry it's not contagious for your ther fish
2006-10-30 12:16:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
when this happened to my fish, the guy at the shop said feed frozen bloodworm. not sure if it helped really, cos died a while after.
2006-11-02 00:36:46 · answer #10 · answered by Wings 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a halibut. Or sole. that's the way they're supposed to swim.
2006-10-30 09:21:13 · answer #11 · answered by Finnegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋