What is wrong with this Cichlid?

Eliseus

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Hello everyone,


My Meeki has been sick for last two days. It happened over night.
I found him hidden stuck in the cave.
After getting him out, he couldnt swim proper any more. So he spins around for two days now.
I havent seen him eat at all..

Will this dictator of my Aquarium ever be himself again.. or his days are counted?
please help..

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curious, you just do a water change before this happened? and allot more little bubbles in the water than ussuel, (sp)
 

Eliseus

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Hello, There was no water changes 10 days before this happened.
I changed the water (de-hlorinated of course) two days after the symptoms.
It is hard to look at my fish behaving like this.
Im close to euthanize and relief him of sufering.
 

convict360

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I'm sorry to see this, strange; could be internal blockage, I'm not knowledgeable enough to advise treatment; but it could be that epsom salts may help, can't imagine him eating shelled peas etc to clear it...

Also how did you insert the gif like that? Moving picture or however its called? :)
 

Eliseus

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Thanks for the opinion.
Can a regular sea salt help?
All other fish in the aquarium are completly normal, no symptoms whatsoever.

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hope this helps.
 

convict360

Potamotrygon
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Thanks for the opinion.
Can a regular sea salt help?
All other fish in the aquarium are completly normal, no symptoms whatsoever.

Animated Gif tutorial:
1. Make a short video clip (mpeg) with your mobile phone.VGA resolution (not HD)
2. Upload the clip to ezgif.com
3. Choose the part you want to animate (example from 3rd to 8th second of the clip)
4. Click "create gif"
5. Download the Gif to a desired folder.
hope this helps.
I want to say yes, but again I hope others can weigh in on this. Is he still doing the tumbling?

Whats your stock, tank size etc? Just curious as he looks like a great specimen
 

Eliseus

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230 lit aquarium
4 vieya
2 meeki pair
2 ancitrus
2 cordoba

meeki male was the ruling fish and biggest fish in the aquarium.

He currently lies on his side, and cant swim straight. We he gets scared he swirles around like nuts.
 

convict360

Potamotrygon
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Given that no-one else is weighing in on this, what I would personally consider is doing a large water change, then adding salt to the aquarium; I also may be tempted to do a salt bath, but I hate doing that as it stresses fish out a lot.

Thats if it is swim bladder disease, which is characteristic of those symptoms; make sure your other fish don't nip at him and attack him, if they do, he'll definitely need quarantined.
 
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