Guest jimmy_396_jimmy Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 i just realized that commons and/or comets don't have SBD like fancies do.......why is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deedeesue Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 im not an expert, but I think it is because of their shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member maniacholic Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 Simple, Less cramped up intestinal tracts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member smack536 Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 the fancies have the big round gut, so all their innards are rumpled up to fit in there, so they get a lil clogged sometimes..where as commons, etc are nice and streamlined, just like their innards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member maniacholic Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 the fancies have the big round gut, so all their innards are rumpled up to fit in there, so they get a lil clogged sometimes..where as commons, etc are nice and streamlined, just like their innards! 361577[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phreno Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 But how does that prevent them from getting it? Won't air in its GI tract still be bad for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fishmerised Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 Any fish can develope floaty problems but as the others have suggested, the slim line shape of commons/comets allow them to expel trapped air more easily than their rounded cousins. This makes me wonder if many cases of SBD are actually misdiagnosed cases of indigestion or gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dory Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 just what I was going to say!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tinkerbell Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 wow! interesting facts!! i never knew that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Esareh Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Any fish can develope floaty problems but as the others have suggested, the slim line shape of commons/comets allow them to expel trapped air more easily than their rounded cousins. 361649[/snapback] Trapped air? so if im reading this right. Fishies fart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fishmerised Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 Most definately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Esareh Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Good thing thier under water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member lillypetal Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 awww bless! fishes fart ! aww cute.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Esareh Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 So THATS where all the bubbles at the top of my tank came from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kflynt2004 Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 my comet died from SBD in a bowl... He was the reason i got into tanks filters etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Esareh Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 aww im sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fishmerised Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 Sorry about your comet kflynt, this was some time ago I imagine. High nitrAtes are also known to cause floaty problems, being in a bowl perhaps this was the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member smack536 Posted July 14, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2005 i believe you with the nitrates. ever since i got my live plants, Lily, would sometimes have floaty problems, but now i never have nitrates, she never has problems anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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