ok my silver arrowana is dying he is totall limp with his head up and butt down straight vertical i just moved him to my hospital tank what do i do
HELP MY SILVER IS DYING
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Need more info. How big is he? What are water parameters? How long have you had him? Did you just do a water change? Is he just swiming like that? is he injured? Is he still swimming that way in hospital tank?
Sounds like swim bladder i am not to sure but i think you have to stop feeding him thats all i can remeber i am going to search in www.google.com see if thats comes up with much .
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well hes about 11 inches hes totally limp ive had him for three months now i just tranferd him to the new tank saturday night which i thought was cycled and here are the parameters 80 degres
ph 7.4
nitrite a hi 1.0
ammonia 0
nitrate 10
again i just transfered him in to my 55 i had set up what do you think i should do ?
ph 7.4
nitrite a hi 1.0
ammonia 0
nitrate 10
again i just transfered him in to my 55 i had set up what do you think i should do ?
There can be different causes, and different causes require different treatment.
Bacteria – A bacteria attack could cause inflammation at the epithelium of the sac, making the sac walls too thick for proper gas diffusion. Thus, the fish is now stuck at certain buoyancy, making swimming very difficult.
Diet – Feeding low-quality food that soaks up water and expand inside the fish can cause food impactions.
First, tend to your water’s quality. Making sure the water quality is top-notch allows us to assume that it is not a bacteria attack. But if you strongly suspect it to be the cause, then do visit your local pet shop for an appropriate medication. For treatment towards the other forms of cause, first stop feeding the sick fishes for a few days. Fishes can go without food for up to 10 days, so stopping a few days is really all right. After the few days, if the fishes do not get better, try feeding peas. Yes, peas that we eat. This treatment is being recommended by many and is well worth a try. The peas will supposedly encourage the destruction of impactions.
Bacteria – A bacteria attack could cause inflammation at the epithelium of the sac, making the sac walls too thick for proper gas diffusion. Thus, the fish is now stuck at certain buoyancy, making swimming very difficult.
Diet – Feeding low-quality food that soaks up water and expand inside the fish can cause food impactions.
First, tend to your water’s quality. Making sure the water quality is top-notch allows us to assume that it is not a bacteria attack. But if you strongly suspect it to be the cause, then do visit your local pet shop for an appropriate medication. For treatment towards the other forms of cause, first stop feeding the sick fishes for a few days. Fishes can go without food for up to 10 days, so stopping a few days is really all right. After the few days, if the fishes do not get better, try feeding peas. Yes, peas that we eat. This treatment is being recommended by many and is well worth a try. The peas will supposedly encourage the destruction of impactions.
littlevic34;2437463; said:
Apart from what i jsut said i don't know much else sorry thats all i got
This is just my two cents but, When I ordered four black aros about two months ago one of them was doing loop de loops and swimming upside down and would point upwards. I thought it was going to die, so what we did was add in some stress zyme and covered the tank up with a dark blanket and left the lighting off and the temperature of the tank was 86 degrees. Within a few hours the fish was stable and swimming around with the rest of the pack. This worked for me and just might work for you hopefully.