albino senegulas bichir with swim bladder problem! HELP!!!

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lix.ma14

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Hey guys. i've kept my 2 albiono senegulas bichirs for about 5 months now. they are only about 4 inches (if not even 4 inches)! around 4 days ago, i noticed that both of my bichirs were always on the surface of the water even if the filter is on. i'm pretty sure it not for oxygen. My tank looks pretty healthy and clean. for around 4 days straight, the bichirs always hang out on the surface oif the tank and rarely if even swims to the bottom. yesterday, I finally saw my fatter bichir swim to the bottom of the tank like normal. The thing is my smaller, thin bichir still floats to the surface with his stomach aqwardly drooping and his head and tail floating. if i ever shoo that bichir down (only did it once) he would swim "fine' only with his tail trying to float up. once bichir (with the bladder "problem") is on the bottom of the tank, his tail always floats so he has to swim to the surface (only saw it when i shoo him to the bottom). My other fatter bichir seems fine. It just that my fatter bichir like to stay with his 'sick' friend (I think). Does my skinnier bichir have a swim bladder problem 9i'm almost certain he does). why does he have it??? Cerrently my swim bladder disordered bichir has paracites in his stomach could it the paracites doing this damage? IS IT THAT THE PARACITES PUNCTURED MY POOR FISH'S BLADDER? also, I have silica sand as a substrate for my tank. could it be that my fish swallowed some it it cut his swim bladder?
What in the world happened!!! can this a swim bladder problem heal??? currently, my paracite infected bichir is on medicine to kill the paracited instead. don't want my bichir to suffer anymore. Need help ASAP!!!:nilly:
 
i know that smaller bichirs like to stay at the surface sometimes...i had some ropes that did what your discribing and i thought it was a swimbladder problem it turns out they were just constipated you can try feeding some frozen peas it acts as a laxitive and ease up on the feeding for a while let them get cleared out ,if that dont work you might have a swim bladder problem
 
Thanks for the answer. anyone else?????????
 
can you post pics? did you notice any red streaks on its body? 4 inches is still small, and young sens, or even dels, normally does this, as they float on the surface alot
 
GarNiac;4958734; said:
can you post pics? did you notice any red streaks on its body? 4 inches is still small, and young sens, or even dels, normally does this, as they float on the surface alot
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Ya there are red bstreaks on my thin senegals anal fin. Is this a sign of something bad? also when you sad baby sens float on the water alot, it was only in these 4 days when my sen float on the surface regularly. Also when my sen is floating, his lower body sinks and his tail is tipping to the surface. Is this a cause of constipation (LOL)?
 
one of my baby sen used to do this before, with the tail floating and the head facing down, even very unstable when swimming as well, I did nothing but keeping the water clean and kept the water temp around 28-29 celcius. Till now my sen is doing just fine.
 
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