Regular Member Dolphinluver Posted December 7, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted December 7, 2006 My oranda can't swim down. He floats at the surface and struggles very hard to get down, but he can only get about halfway down. The others are fine, but he can't go down. I am going to fast them in case it is a swim bladder problem. Any suggestions? It is a 30 gallon with a moor and ryukin. I feed them sinking food, algae wafers and sometimes baby shrimp. I have had all fish for at least a month, no, more. That is all I know. Help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LaurieP Posted December 7, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted December 7, 2006 Mariah can you give us the other information? Such as how big the filter is? How long have you had it set Up? How long this has been going on? How often you do water changes and how much water? I assume you haven't tested the water since you said this is all you know. So giving us the more information the better. IN the meantime I would suggest a water change of 20-30% (until we know more). And fast the fish for a couple days. Then follow with feeding peas. It sounds like the oranda may have SBD issues (swim bladder disease) you will need to read up on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LaurieP Posted December 8, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted December 8, 2006 Any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dolphinluver Posted December 8, 2006 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 8, 2006 Uh, Okay. The filter is a 30-60 gallon filter. It is on high. The tank has been up since about august. I won't be here for a while, Im at moms, no computer, it might be the cold weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LaurieP Posted December 9, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted December 9, 2006 Are you able to test the water? Did you do the water change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LaurieP Posted December 11, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted December 11, 2006 Any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dolphinluver Posted December 11, 2006 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 11, 2006 Sorry about that, I will go try to test the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dolphinluver Posted December 11, 2006 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 11, 2006 nitrate 0 nitrite 3.0 (stress) can you tell my anything? How can I fix my water, doing a water change now, testing again after water change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dolphinluver Posted December 11, 2006 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 11, 2006 Water from the sink looked nasty, our water thing messed up, testing water straight from the sink. nitrate 0 nitrite 0.5 All safe. Looked cloudy, hope it's okay. Put lots of water conditioner, not to much though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LaurieP Posted December 11, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted December 11, 2006 Ok, Mariah are you saying that straight from the tap you have a reading of 0.5 Nitrites? Has this always been or is this the first time you are testing the tap water? Water changes and water conditioner at this point are necessary. What is the ammonia levels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LaurieP Posted December 13, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted December 13, 2006 Any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dolphinluver Posted December 13, 2006 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 13, 2006 I can't test amonia. The water from the tap was the the first I had ever tested. I put water conditioner. Yea, it sayed .5 nitrites. It looked cloudy because it was hot water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LaurieP Posted December 14, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted December 14, 2006 Why can't you test for ammonia? From the way it sounds your water is a severe problem. Getting that under control is going to be the only help to the fish. Good luck with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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