Posted by doubleagentjenn on March 18, 2003 at 23:34:00:
In Reply to: Re: Swim Bladder posted by stubd38 on March 17, 2003 at 20:46:59:
:Did you actually move the entire aquarium? Or did you empty it and move it?
Emptied it and moved it .. my poor back can't take moving the entire aquarium.
:Have you added any new fish? Possiblity of adding a bacterial disease.
:When was the last time the tank was cleaned?
New fish: recently had a batch of fry .. they were living in a birthing tank inside the main tank but I did place them into the main tank recently to let the population thin some. Tank is cleaned weekly.
:What are you feeding the fish? Sometimes indigestion/constipation has they same effects on a fish,only they will sit on the bottom of the tank for a period, so perhaps he ate something that didn't agree with him?
I'm feeding them tropical fish flakes and putting three peas a week into the tank.. sometimes i treat them to BBS .. usually once a week.
He never sat at the bottom of the tank .. he just went into hiding, quit eating, and was constantly off-balance. He mostly stayed near the top of the tank though he never gasped for air. He would sometimes "fall" downward but would swim back up to the top.
