ebjd is swimming erratically and gasping for air!

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So out of my 5 ebjd's, one of them has been acting very weird today. He is about 2" and is constantly staying at the top of tank and seems to be gasping for air. He also swims very erratically and very fast for a short period of time then goes back up to the top of the water and breathes very fast. He is not eating now, and I even put my finger in the tank and touched him several times; normally he freaks out and goes hide. Im wondering if he can be constipated because he ate too much? I have treated the tank for internal parasites and feed NLS Thera+ A occasionally but now im starting to worry. Tank has good filtration and all of the other ebjds are fine. Gona do a WC for now, please let me know if anyone has seen this type of behavior before.
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He seems to be darker than normal and looks very stressed. Any help would be great, thank you.
 
He has been at the top of the tank all night, and when he comes to the bottom he lays on his side :( anyone know what this is?
 
Internal parasites or hex. Treat accordingly or put it down if you don't want to deal with a constantly sick fish.
 
Internal parasites or hex. Treat accordingly or put it down if you don't want to deal with a constantly sick fish.

Well after doing some research, I found out that this can actually be swim bladder disease. He is not having white poop and I already put in some metro, so I guess the next step would be to try and feed him some peas, as I read on other forums, can help save the fish. Lowered the temp, and I will let him fast for a few days.
 
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