My black calvus (Altolamprologus calvus) Showed symptoms of swimm bladder dissorder a few days ago and sadly passed away yesterday.
He was in a 40lt by himself, fed 3 small meals a day and fasted once weekly,PH, amn, nitrates and nitrites were all perfect although my nitrites were a little higher than usual.
I don't know a great deal about SBD but i rememberd a few treatments, de-shelld peas and epsom salts. I tried the peas first with no succsess as he could barely keep himself upright so i tried teaspoon of epsom salts and watched him for a while but had to go out to get some things, when i came back he was gone.....
I know SBD can be coused by overfeeding, poor water conditions, parasites and constipation but what are some affective treatments? maybe the ones i mentiond are affective and i simply didnt catch the condition in time?
cheers-
Darren
He was in a 40lt by himself, fed 3 small meals a day and fasted once weekly,PH, amn, nitrates and nitrites were all perfect although my nitrites were a little higher than usual.
I don't know a great deal about SBD but i rememberd a few treatments, de-shelld peas and epsom salts. I tried the peas first with no succsess as he could barely keep himself upright so i tried teaspoon of epsom salts and watched him for a while but had to go out to get some things, when i came back he was gone.....
I know SBD can be coused by overfeeding, poor water conditions, parasites and constipation but what are some affective treatments? maybe the ones i mentiond are affective and i simply didnt catch the condition in time?
cheers-
Darren