Ornate acting weird =[

[Bennlfer]

My 3 to 4 inch ornate bichir is swimming all messed up with his rear in the air, Is this swim bladder disease? if so, can it be cured? If its not, what else could it be?

He is in a 60 gallon with 2 other small bichirs and a senegal about twice his size, as well as a 4 inch Marble Gar. No fights yet, although they do get rough during feeding time sometimes.

 

[machine]

sounds lik gas a few MFKers have had this problem

 

[Darth Scohin]

Is this swim bladder disease?

Dude there is no such thing as Swim Bladder diesease Swim Bladder is an organ in all bony fishes it is not a diesease....However, at times fish like Carp(goldfish) can get trapped gasses stuck in the Swim Bladder and have to release that gas in order to afix themselves....Bichirs sometimes get gas in their rear and need to fart, yes fart in order to releave the extra gas taken while getting air....Long Story Short, your Ornate is fine