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This applies to Freshwater tanks- in marine aquaria, you already have salt presentRead that I could dose 1 tablespoon of epsom salt to 5 gallons water. I did this in my Qt, do I do a water change after or can I just leave it?
Swim bladder disease can be caused by an injury, infection, problems with collection, constipation, another internal tumor, etc. It often resolves on its own with no specific treatment. Some people recommend treatment with antibiotics (a broad spectrum antibiotic in a hospital tank). If there is any evidence for parasites - or internal flukes - thats also a possible option. So part of the answer - lies in 'how long have you had the fish', 'any other symptoms', any other fish sick? Any obvious injury when it arrived (Was it always like that, etc)Anyone have any other ideas for swim bladder?
Just got the fish Saturday. Blotched Anthias, wild caught. It ate at LFS before bringing home, once home it isn't swimming well or eating. Stays in pvc pipe floating at top.Swim bladder disease can be caused by an injury, infection, problems with collection, constipation, another internal tumor, etc. It often resolves on its own with no specific treatment. Some people recommend treatment with antibiotics (a broad spectrum antibiotic in a hospital tank). If there is any evidence for parasites - or internal flukes - thats also a possible option. So part of the answer - lies in 'how long have you had the fish', 'any other symptoms', any other fish sick? Any obvious injury when it arrived (Was it always like that, etc)
Just got the fish Saturday. Blotched Anthias, wild caught. It ate at LFS before bringing home, once home it isn't swimming well or eating. Stays in pvc pipe floating at top.
Yes, the net result would be to reduce the stress to the fish a bit, as well as reduce the positive floatation a little. This species does not do well in full hyposalinity though (below 1.012). I would also keep the lights down around ambient levels - just enough to see the fish well.So these little guys could handle 1.020 fine?
That issue is super common in this species. They are collected deep, and because the divers work fast, they are decompressed with a needle as opposed to bringing them up slowly over a day or so. Very often, the swim bladder refills, and they float at the surface in aquariums. Shipping them by air (in lower pressure conditions) causes the issue to become worse. There isn't any treatment for this since there isn't any disease organism involved. I had made a pressure tank years ago that would resolve the problem, but when I bled the pressure off, it would return. Using a needle to draw off the extra gas also fails. They do sometimes recover on their own in time. If it is in a quarantine tank, you might be able to reduce the symptoms by lowering the salinity, which in turn would lower the buoyancy of the fish - but only by about 15% if you went from 1.025 to 1.020
Jay
There is a picture of the device in this article:@Jay Hemdal - I'd like to hear more about your pressure tank build!
I did get the fish to finally start eating, mixed some general cure in the food. I have the lights off only getting light from a window. I really appreciate you taking the time to give me some pointers. I really like these little guys and hope I could get him well
I'll try to get a video sent tonight. I'll get you one how she sleeps and another her swimming.If you post a short video, I might be able to give an opinion on how bad the issue is in comparison to others I've seen....
Jay
Here is the videos of it swimming and laying upside-down in the pvcI'll try to get a video sent tonight. I'll get you one how she sleeps and another her swimming.
Yes, that is a moderate case - the fish doesn't seem bloated, but it has to constantly swim in order to stay in place. The trouble is that takes food energy to do that. Is the fish still eating well? Have you seen any improvement since you got it?Here is the videos of it swimming and laying upside-down in the pvc