Help please!!!

[4lti7ude]

Originally Posted by anaitari

well he's still alive and has wedged himself in a rock so he wont float up....hopefully he'll be ok.....didn't feed today hopefully that will help

If he keeps floating to the top it sounds like swim bladder.
I dont know if salt water fish can get this kind of problem but fresh water fish can.
Peas seems to cure this problem.

[Jason McK]

I had the same problem with a maroon clown. It sounds like during the aclimation time it got too much air in the swimming bladder. I actually witnessed the frantic swimming down then all of a sudden a large air bubble came from the fish and everything was fine. Clam and normal swimming

J

[naesco]

Originally Posted by anaitari

well he's still alive and has wedged himself in a rock so he wont float up....hopefully he'll be ok.....didn't feed today hopefully that will help

Feed her garlic soaked food. Are the lights off and are you avoiding the tank?

[anaitari]

The lights are off and i looked from across the room. Should I wait till morning to feed them or should I feed now?

[simplycoral]

Add a few drops of that Garlic Extreme to his food that i gave you yesterday. It may help.

S.

[anaitari]

Well I turned on the lights this morning to feed them after a little more than 24 hour blackout and the little guy is nowhere to be found so he's either hiding in the rocks or he didn't make it

[Wingin It]

Originally Posted by anaitari

Well I turned on the lights this morning to feed them after a little more than 24 hour blackout and the little guy is nowhere to be found so he's either hiding in the rocks or he didn't make it

I just checked on him/her and she's alive!! AND SWIMMING NORMALLY!!!!!!! It's all good now Nate!

[anaitari]

Just got home and he's swimming at the front of the tank with my sailfin tang and looking happy. The lights and garlic workiked great. Thanx for the help everybody

[trinac]

Thats awesome!!

Just an FYI for anyone interested... I just got a book in the mail today called "The Marine Fish Health & Feeding Handbook" On pg 194 to 197 there is a section on swim bladder disorders. Seems to be related to decompression issues, or viruses, bacteria, sporozoans, trematodes, protozoa and fungi. If the problem is because of decompression, there are some instructions on how to recompress the fish properly (nothing too unrealistic for a home aquarist too). When the fish is swimming upside down is when you have a real problem. When the disorder is not as severe it will swim with nose pointed down.

Everyone was giving you great advice on making sure no added stress was placed on the fish. Seems like with a mild case of decompression issue, over a period of time the gas exchange between the blood stream and swim bladder will even itself out. If there were added stress this process could be affected pretty easily, and complications / additional diseases could overtake the fish.

Glad everything worked out!