Hi Everyone, I think I know there is probably no treatment for what I am about to describe but in the interest of leaving no stone unturned here goes. My favourite butterfly telescope eye 'Buster' started occasionally floating upside down for a few seconds when I turned off the power filter in his tank or when he was in the bucket while I cleaned his tank.
He did this only if the water was still for a fairly long time and he did not do this every day. This started about two weeks ago. I then noticed it was happening any time I turned off the the power filter to feed the fish if the filter was off for more than 10 minutes. When I turned the filter back on he would right himself and swim about normally.
Then yesterday morning I looked into the tank as usual to check my two fish were ok and he was doing a head stand. When he saw me he righted himself and swam around as usual.
Today he is doing a lot more head standing. I just took this pic of him doing the headstand.
When he saw me he righted himself again and swam about for a little while then went back to the head standing.
I did an 80% water change three days ago.
I just did a water test:
pH 7.6
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 3ppm
It is a 300 litre tank, it has 1 x internal power filter rated 600-1000 litres per hour and 1 x external power filter, an Eheim Professional 3
I only feed gel foods, Repashy Soilent Green, New Life Spectrum Nutri Gel and Algae Gel
I would appreciate anyone's thoughts here.
While I have your attention can anyone tell me if Ranchu easier to keep? Are they less prone to swim bladder issues?