I Need help ASAP for tigrinus!!!!

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arowfan

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Hey everyone, so long story short, I'm in between moving, and the tank that the tig was in, when it got to point 'B' the water was kinda dirty. I didn't think antything of it, and figured the filter would do its job and take care of it...well I let it go for about 5 days, and noticed the water cleared up a little bit. I also noticed the tig was breathing heavy so I did a 30% water change in hopes of clearing the water up, and all of a sudden I notice the tig started to lay on its side-still alive and breathing.
Its now 2 days like this, and his stomoach area is huge-could this be his swim bladder? I read somewhere to put his mouth in front of a powerhead to get them going again, and did just that for about a min and a half.

What should I do??????
 
What are the actual numbers on your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate tests?

Sorry, but I'm not sure how "the filter would take care of it" -- this is a closed system. Where is filth supposed to go, exactly? Even if the waste isn't visible in the aquarium, it's going to be sitting in the filter, so it's still creating ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. A big waterchange and gravel siphon would have been a better route to go, IMO.

"Swim bladder" is not actually a "disease," per se, but instead, a symptom which occurs from poor water quality. Kind of like back pain isn't a diagnosis, but a symptom, and the actual problem is a slipped disk or whatever. So you have to fix the problem (which is most likely water quality) before he will get better. It may be that fixing water quality will remedy these symptoms altogether.

Epsom salt at the dosage of one tablespoon per ten gallons will help aid in the reduction of swelling, but in order for anything to work, water quality needs to be optimal.
 
I took him out of the tank immediatly when I noticed that...and placed him in a seperate tank that the water conditions were good in-(I dont have my water kit here to test my water so I can't get a read on the water) I believe it was the bacteria and what not that was in the filters that came out and overflowed into the tank when moving-because I keep my water clean. For that tank I'm using those 2 of those whisper overhanging type filters...
 
What bacteria? There's always bacteria present that could cause illness, but the fish's immune system is able to fight off that bacteria unless its immune system is already weakened, either due to poor water quality or stress, or both. Since you're in the process of moving tanks, I would be testing all tanks daily in case you've interrupted the biological cycle during the move.
 
J1T knows her stuff your getting good advice from here. Like she said get the water quality up and you should be ok. She helped me out with my tank.

btw, J1T, i found out it wasnt actually my tank, my tests were old and there for gave me false readings.
 
you damaged the bacteria cycle...

~ocean
 
ok, but the fish is in a good tank now...nothing is in the original tank, the tig just tried to move and pretty much turned on its side, and then upside down...I moved it right-side up...
 
still trying to recover from the original tank prolly
 
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