Think it might be a swim bladder issue.

[DVCasey0311]

Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for taking the time out of your holiday to give me some help.

In the video you can see that one of my clowns is swimming straight down. Noticed it yesterday and didn't think anything other then just being clowns. But she/he still is doing it today. I've been researching swim bladder disease and causes. Still not sure if that is what's going on or if it's just being a clown. I tried to isolate it but it just runs away, ironically she swam just fine and afterwards she was fine for a few minutes. But then proceeded to go back to swimming downwards. I didn't chase for very long just a few seconds. They both ate this morning and neither seem to be gasping or anything. Water parameters are as follows
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 5ish
Salinity 1.025
Temp 78
PH 7.8
Alkalinity idk, don't have a test for it
Again thank for any input.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for taking the time out of your holiday to give me some help.

In the video you can see that one of my clowns is swimming straight down. Noticed it yesterday and didn't think anything other then just being clowns. But she/he still is doing it today. I've been researching swim bladder disease and causes. Still not sure if that is what's going on or if it's just being a clown. I tried to isolate it but it just runs away, ironically she swam just fine and afterwards she was fine for a few minutes. But then proceeded to go back to swimming downwards. I didn't chase for very long just a few seconds. They both ate this morning and neither seem to be gasping or anything. Water parameters are as follows
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 5ish
Salinity 1.025
Temp 78
PH 7.8
Alkalinity idk, don't have a test for it
Again thank for any input.

Can’t open video best done with you tube version and white lighting
But I’ve seen overeating cause this slso
If bladder, fish will have to release air on their own

 

[vetteguy53081]

Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for taking the time out of your holiday to give me some help.

In the video you can see that one of my clowns is swimming straight down. Noticed it yesterday and didn't think anything other then just being clowns. But she/he still is doing it today. I've been researching swim bladder disease and causes. Still not sure if that is what's going on or if it's just being a clown. I tried to isolate it but it just runs away, ironically she swam just fine and afterwards she was fine for a few minutes. But then proceeded to go back to swimming downwards. I didn't chase for very long just a few seconds. They both ate this morning and neither seem to be gasping or anything. Water parameters are as follows
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 5ish
Salinity 1.025
Temp 78
PH 7.8
Alkalinity idk, don't have a test for it
Again thank for any input.

Can’t open video best done with you tube version and white lighting
But I’ve seen overeating cause this slso
If bladder, fish will have to release air on their own

 

[DVCasey0311]

Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for taking the time out of your holiday to give me some help.

In the video you can see that one of my clowns is swimming straight down. Noticed it yesterday and didn't think anything other then just being clowns. But she/he still is doing it today. I've been researching swim bladder disease and causes. Still not sure if that is what's going on or if it's just being a clown. I tried to isolate it but it just runs away, ironically she swam just fine and afterwards she was fine for a few minutes. But then proceeded to go back to swimming downwards. I didn't chase for very long just a few seconds. They both ate this morning and neither seem to be gasping or anything. Water parameters are as follows
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 5ish
Salinity 1.025
Temp 78
PH 7.8
Alkalinity idk, don't have a test for it
Again thank for any input.

Can’t open video best done with you tube version and white lighting
But I’ve seen overeating cause this slso
If bladder, fish will have to release air on their own

I think that's what it was, all of a sudden some air bubbles came out and a bunch of poop. Swimming around fine now. Definitely is an overeater and eats too fast.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

That can happen - food gets stuck, bacterial decomposition creates gas in the intestines, then if/when it passes, the fish gets relief.

Some fish ingest air when feeding from the surface.

Try feeding small amounts of food, multiple times a day. Frozen brine shrimp isn’t very nutritious, but its high fiber can keep this from happening. Don’t feed that at more than about 25% of its diet due to its poor nutritional profile.