Royal gramma swim bladder issue

[reeferman7727]

hi my Royal gramma was under a rock and my brittle star somehow moved it onto him while he was sleeping not too heavy of a rock but he was trapped under it for 3 days until I figured it out and he is eating and trying to survive I put him in a small box in the tank so he can be away from the other fish and eat without being stressed out. But the issue is his face is down at the ground and his tail is up in the air I believe it’s a swim bladder issue from him being under the rock for couple of days dos anyone know anything I could do to help speed up the recovery or help him or just keep feeding him and let him be. Thanks

 

[vetteguy53081]

hi my Royal gramma was under a rock and my brittle star somehow moved it onto him while he was sleeping not too heavy of a rock but he was trapped under it for 3 days until I figured it out and he is eating and trying to survive I put him in a small box in the tank so he can be away from the other fish and eat without being stressed out. But the issue is his face is down at the ground and his tail is up in the air I believe it’s a swim bladder issue from him being under the rock for couple of days dos anyone know anything I could do to help speed up the recovery or help him or just keep feeding him and let him be. Thanks

Please provide a video using bright white light intensity , no blue to see what you are describing

 

[reeferman7727]

Please provide a video using bright white light intensity , no blue to see what you are describing

 

[reeferman7727]

Please provide a video using bright white light intensity , no blue to see what you are describing

Will
This work? Thanks I put food at bottom of the container and he inches over and eats it sorry if the algae is in the way just got back from a vacation and haven’t had time to clean the glass yet as it needs to be scraped thanks for taking your time he has no abrasions or visible damage to him looks perfectly fine

 

[vetteguy53081]

Will
This work? Thanks I put food at bottom of the container and he inches over and eats it sorry if the algae is in the way just got back from a vacation and haven’t had time to clean the glass yet as it needs to be scraped thanks for taking your time he has no abrasions or visible damage to him looks perfectly fine

Hard to see thru algae and video is maybe 3 seconds. Need much more playing time on video. I dont see bloating and there may be more to it but need better image

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Will
This work? Thanks I put food at bottom of the container and he inches over and eats it sorry if the algae is in the way just got back from a vacation and haven’t had time to clean the glass yet as it needs to be scraped thanks for taking your time he has no abrasions or visible damage to him looks perfectly fine

Sorry - I cant really see anything through the algae on the plastic. Since you can see the fish eating, that's a good sign. I think it is just REALLY uncomfortable being in a bare box like that. Can you dim the lights or shade the box? Putting something for the fish to hide in would also help.