Regular Member Drgong Posted October 12, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 12, 2005 My prized red cap is sick, and is floating upside down with swim bladder problems! Test Results for the Following: Ammonia Level? 0 Nitrite Level? 0 Nitrate level? under 10 Ph Level, (If possible,KH and GH and chloramines)? 7.5 Ph Level out of the Tap? <6.0 (have to use PH booster) Tank size (How many Gals) and How long has it been running? 29 gallion - over six months What is the name and size of the filter/s? Wisper 300 (I think...) How often do you change the water and how much? 5 gals/week How many fish in the tank and their size? Red cap - 5 inches black moors 2 inches and inch) What kind of water additives or conditioners? have Proper PH and declorninor - lightly salted Any medications added to the tank? see below Add any new fish to the tank? no What do you feed your fish? Flakes and sinking pellets 4 times week, treat 1 time a week Any unusual findings on the fish such as "grains of salt", Swimming upside down, classic swimbladder issues... bloody streaks, frayed fins or fungus? Moor nibbled tail, see below Any unusual behavior like staying at the bottom, not eating, ect..? Last nigh I noticed that Alicia Witt II (formally Debbie) was not her active self, so I check up this morning, and she was floating upside down in the tank...had to go to work so I took a earily lunch and put her in my QT/medical tank (and thus Angel eyes is now in the 29 gallon) and now I am slowly adding more salt and have a light dose of Medafix<sp> to treat the tail that got nibbled by the moors. She has the classic upside down swimbladder issues and I was wondering what i can do. I have her in a fesh tank and adding salt to .3% over time. What can I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Ranchugirl Posted October 12, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 12, 2005 Drgong, I am sorry that your darling isn't feeling well... I would definetely try and not feeding her for 2-3 days, and see if that uprights her somewhat. I am not sure if I got your feeding regimen straight - you feed your fish 4 x a week? Not every day? There is something in my head if its really not every day, but lets clarify that first.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Drgong Posted October 13, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 13, 2005 Generally I fast my fish on Sat......as in don't feed them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Ranchugirl Posted October 13, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 13, 2005 Well then, one day fasting out of a week is okay. I was thinking, that if the fish doesn't get food every day, and then you feed him pellets, that his digestive tract can act up sensitively to unsoaked pellets. But one fasting day is fine. Give him a few days with no food, with just peas for a day or so afterwards, and see if that brings some improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Drgong Posted October 15, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 15, 2005 still alive, still swimming upseide down, or more acurately floating upside down, but still very much alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Ranchugirl Posted October 15, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 15, 2005 When was the last time you fed him something, Drgong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member erica Posted October 15, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 15, 2005 not that i know- but my fish's floaty problems have got a lot better since i switched to progold every other day and gf connection spirulina flakes- a third day worked in with peas always seems best as well. I hope your fish gets better very soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Drgong Posted October 15, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 15, 2005 he died sometime overnight. Yesterday I fed him Peas, this morning... he ws gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Ranchugirl Posted October 15, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 15, 2005 Oh no, I am so sorry, Drgong! I could only imagine that maybe his swimbladder was infected, and the infection could have spread to other organs. Without being able to figure things out when its an inside problem, I can assure you there is nothing that you could have done at this point. Again, I am very sorry.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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