geo upside down

[danielw]

I bought six geophagus surinamensis today, but one is hanging/swimming upside down, sometimes he trys to turn but he can't.
does someone no what it is and what I can do about it?

 

[probassfisher010]

Usually a pretty bad sign, clean water and maybe leave the lights off I all I can think of, if no signs of improvement, probably put it out of its misery


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[Andrew1002]

Sorry to say it but, he's slowly dying. Just put him out of his misery. No solution. For this as he's too far gone . Sorry for your unfortunate turnout. Best of luck with your other stock.

I'M ANDREW AND I'M A FISHAHOLIC
-Andrew

 

[duke33]

Agreed.

 

[danielw]

ok, than do I do that.
is it some sort of disease? or is it just that fish?

 

[JML1997]

Don't give up on it just yet. First off, I'd like to know some info on your tank: How many gallons? Water Parameters? Also, do you have a possible quarantine setup. If so, I'd suggest moving it into quarantine, shut the lights off, add salt, and raise the temperature, and also shut the lights off.

 

[duke33]

Hopefully just the one.

 

[danielw]

The tank is 460 liter, i dont know the parameters because i ran out of tests.
My discus are still in quarantaine, do thats not an option, but i have add some salt in My tank.

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[Royaldoa]

With my experience with african cichlids, this would happen when their swim bladder was punctured / wounded in some way. I haven't had one survived that has had this happen to it. Give it some time, a day or 2, then put him out.