Firefish swim badder disease?

[bernie123]

My purple firefish is acting funny today. I have had it ~6 months. Everything was fine until a few hours ago. Is this possibly swim bladder disease?

Tank is newish (7 months old) FOWLR. Residents: 1 purple firefish, 1 banggai cardinal, 1 yellowtail damsel, 1 percula clown, 1 bicolor blenny, 1 emerald crab, lots of hermits and snails. Only new additions were 4 turbo snails a few weeks ago. Everyone else is acting fine.

Water parameters:
pH: 8.4
NH3/NH4: 0
NO3: 10
NO2: 0
PO4: 1 (working on this)
KH: 180 ppm
salinity: 1.024

Any advice would be appreciated

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[vetteguy53081]

My purple firefish is acting funny today. I have had it ~6 months. Everything was fine until a few hours ago. Is this possibly swim bladder disease?

Tank is newish (7 months old) FOWLR. Residents: 1 purple firefish, 1 banggai cardinal, 1 yellowtail damsel, 1 percula clown, 1 bicolor blenny, 1 emerald crab, lots of hermits and snails. Only new additions were 4 turbo snails a few weeks ago. Everyone else is acting fine.

Water parameters:
pH: 8.4
NH3/NH4: 0
NO3: 10
NO2: 0
PO4: 1 (working on this)
KH: 180 ppm
salinity: 1.024

Any advice would be appreciated

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Its a buoyancy issue and can be:
gases in belly
overeating
internal issue

If this occurs another 24 hrs, you may want to consider treating with Seachem metroplex added to foods assuming it still eats. Another would be boiling 3 -4 peas and allowing it to cool then feed to fish which alleviates constipatiion and gas-inness.
Maracyn 2 which is absorbed may help also.
If severe buoyancy problems exist, the fish may not be able to feed normally or even reach the surface of the water. This disorder is sometimes caused by compression of the swim bladder, which may involve a distended stomach from rapidly eating, overeating, constipation, or gulping air, which is thought to occur with floating foods. Eating freeze-dried or dry flake food that expands when it becomes wet can also lead to an enlarged stomach or intestinal tract.
Other causes are :

• Trauma/Injury
• Bacterial infection
• Parasitic infection
• Stress/rapidly changing water parameters
• Poor water quality

 

[ReefnFamilyMan]

Treat as posted by vetteguy53081. I would watch for the following symptoms. I've only dealt with swim bladder with some fresh water fish but they always started with the extended stomach and upside down floating/bobbing in the tank.

• Sinking to the bottom of the tank (or floating by standing on its head at the bottom of the tank)
• Floating to the top of the tank
• Struggling to stay upright, turning on its side, or upside down
• Distended belly
• Curved back
• Changed appetite

 

[bernie123]

Thanks! Hopefully, it resolves on its own, but I'm ready to treat if not.

 

[ReefnFamilyMan]

Thanks! Hopefully, it resolves on its own, but I'm ready to treat if not.

Fingers are crossed. Hope all goes well.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Thanks! Hopefully, it resolves on its own, but I'm ready to treat if not.

I would vote for gas in the belly. I can see a bump where the intestines are that is probably a gas bubble. The swim bladder is up higher on the back of the fish.
There isn’t any treatment for this, but fish usually pass or absorb the gas. Never allow these fish or genicanthus angels to feed from the surface as they can swallow air.
Jay

 

[bernie123]

Thankfully, the issue resolved on its own. Thanks for the help