My fish keeps floating on to his side, and is moving a bit to try to not do this, but still is ending up on?

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his side. Help please.

Answer 1

Swim Bladder Disease
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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 or bowl, 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 have kept bettas for a few years, and this had been a problem on a regular basis for one fish in particular as well as a couple of others. Many people or websites recommend epsom salt baths as well as antibotics. I haven't tried either- and have not lost a betta to swimbladder.
I recommend the following regimine, recommened to me over two years ago.

First, If you have your fish in a bowl, and your normal routine consist of 100% water changes, As soon as you notice signs of swimbladder do a complete water change, taking care not to stress the fish by having the water temp as close to his bowl as possible, and using something as a cup so you don't have to net your fish.
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 do partials, or have a tank, do a significant change when you suspect swimbladder disease and then follow this treatment.
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, or in my case I break up the food for this one particular betta. It seems easier for him to digest. All my fish seem to love the peas and it may be of great benifit to feed a pea once a week.
If you suspect that there is bacteria causing the symptoms of swimbladder perhaps antibotics may be needed.
I recommend the pea "trick" first as it will at least correct the swimbladder symptoms that bacteria or bad water quality could be causing.
I wanted to share this treatment because I have responded to many posts, recommending this procedure and I'm not sure if people take it seriously.
It is cheap, simple, and has never failed my bettas....I have one male who has looked dead laying on his side and he has always recovered by this simple effective treatment. Just recently One of my females could not swim toward the bottom of her tank, ( she would float heplessly back to the top) I immediatly changed the water, held of food for two days and then fed the pea, she is perfectly fine.
I know there are many people who probably lose thier fish needlessly, or who treat with harsh antibotics when it may not be necessary.
First give this a whirl! And pass it on.

By Katie Ogles

Special thanks: Clint Norwood

Answer 2

It sounds like swim-bladder disease. There are treatments available at most Aquarium outlets!
As a first aid measure you should do a water change of between 20-50% and if possible add Epsom salts! 1 teaspoon per Gallon.
This will sometimes help!
You dont say what type of Fish he is but Fancy Goldfish and Mollies are very prone to Swim Bladder disorders! If it is a Goldfish that has been kept in too small a tank or a bowl then the outlook isn't good either! These poor fish may look healthy on the outside but internal organs keep growing and become very distorted causing a lot of health issues!
If you are lucky the water change could be all you need to do! Be careful of overfeeding! Once a day as much as the fish will eat in 2 minutes is a good general rule! Try varying the diet by giving peas or cucumber occasionally or frozen brine shrimp, bloodworm or daphnia!
Good Luck!

Answer 3

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It's OK: he is NOT going to die, and I know this is difficult. It is a swim bladder problem and lots of fish deal with it. It is not necessarily because of overfeeding but it is constipation. Now you said you tried the pea trick: this does work really well if you can get them to eat it. Here's what I do to make it work: Put your betta in a small (1/2 gallon or 1 gallon) bowl with nothing else in it (no gravel or pebbles). Put the pea on the water (make sure it's small!) and use a toothpick to trail along the top of the water to catch his feeding instincts. If he eats the pea while it's floating, great, but if it sinks, it won't be caught in pebbles so he can find it when he gets hungry (he is hungry, I can assure you). If this still doesn't work, make sure you're changing the water: you don't want rotting pea making your water unsafe. Keep the bowl gravel-less for a while: this way you can see feces when he makes it. When you see it, you are seeing improvement because he's constipated. You will need to feed him sometime if you don't want him to die, but pellets and dried bloodworms are very dry and can make SBD worse. So take a very small measuring cup (I use a tiny measuring cup) and soak the food in there for 10-20 minutes (not too much longer or it'll sink). Then feed it. Because it's not dry, it won't cause any more SBD (swim bladder disorder) and may help get his tiny bowels moving. Add a little aquarium salt, which will be a de-stressor for him. It may also be nice to put in an ornament that he can hide under: when mine had SBD, he would hide in his tunnel, which kept him from bobbing to the surface. It made him more comfortable. When he gets better (All of mine who have ever had SBD, even this bad, have recovered), keep feeding food after soaking it. You now know that he is prone to SBD and so feeding soaked food will prevent this. Good luck!

Answer 4

Fish Swimming On Side

Answer 5

Is the fish by himself or are there other fish in the aquarium with him? Reason why I ask is because sometimes the fish get bored/depressed when they are all by themselves and that's why they float funny. I had this problem with my little Betta fish. The way to solve this is to get another fish (or in my case, I have a frog) in a separate container, and butt the containers up against each other so they see each other & can kinda keep each other company. That way they don't feel so isolated. It works!

Answer 6

either ur fishy is about to die or its swim bladder is knackered (which cud also mean its about to die im not sure i jus remember my ex saying the same answer wen i asked him why my old fish were doing the same) My fish died 2-3 days later. sorry i think its time to take a trip to pet shop and buy some new fishys

edited - actually i have jus remembered summat that my exs dad told us to do and he had kept fish for years. Get a soluable asprin and put half of it in ur fishs water it may help it did on other fish that we had it depends whether its ur fish's time to meet its maker

Answer 7

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My fish keeps floating on to his side, and is moving a bit to try to not do this, but still is ending up on?
his side. Help please.

Answer 8

when my fish did this i put him slightly warmer water than his tank with some food and helped him swim for 10 mins that was about 2 years ago and hes still swimming round now

Answer 9

You fish is dying due to lack of oxygen. Change the water or add some air into the water soon.

Answer 10

Sounds lke a swim bladder infection, you can try adding a little salt to its water but the prognosis is not good sorry.