whats wrong with my orino?

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joshlandis24

joshlandis24

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ok guys ive had this fish for a good while an he was allways the boss until everything out grew him
about a week ago I was adding some salt to the tank after a wc an he took a big mouth full an then spit it out
but in the last few days he has been swimming weird kinda upright (unless feeding the he can swim fine)
an just hanging at the bottom of the tank an almost floating around,now he is the smallest fish in the tank an
I can see his fins are a tiny bit beat up not bad though,idk if the salt had any effect on him or if its just that he is timid now...
I hope he don't have blote or something with his swim bladder...what do you guys think

tankmates
3 tems 9in
2 kels 10in
1 mono 14in


thanks josh
 
Definately looks like its acting strange. Id be a bit worried too.. its got amazing marking .. just one massive black stripe.
Keep up water changes.. at least its eating. .. hope it gets back to normal
 
Ade said:
Definately looks like its acting strange. Id be a bit worried too.. its got amazing marking .. just one massive black stripe.
Keep up water changes.. at least its eating. .. hope it gets back to normal
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Yea will do man thanks I did a wc this morning hope he will get it together

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Looks like a swim bladder problem, I had a cichla do this for 6 months and I finally put him down. He got it by being beat up and never recovered. I've seen a few on here recover.
 
joshlandis24 said:
ok guys ive had this fish for a good while an he was allways the boss until everything out grew him
about a week ago I was adding some salt to the tank after a wc an he took a big mouth full an then spit it out
but in the last few days he has been swimming weird kinda upright (unless feeding the he can swim fine)
an just hanging at the bottom of the tank an almost floating around,now he is the smallest fish in the tank an
I can see his fins are a tiny bit beat up not bad though,idk if the salt had any effect on him or if its just that he is timid now...
I hope he don't have blote or something with his swim bladder...what do you guys think

tankmates
3 tems 9in
2 kels 10in
1 mono 14in


thanks josh
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Hope he just gets better ive tryed everything

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I would suggest Epsom Salt too. How much you added and how long it had been in this manner? Is it still eating?
 
Winston said:
I would suggest Epsom Salt too. How much you added and how long it had been in this manner? Is it still eating?
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Ive did the epsom salt an its been like this maybe a week,yea still eats luke a champ I took him out an got him his own lil 40 breeder so the other bass cant mess with him

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