PLEASE HELP MY TEMENSIS!!!

[TimTheBadass]

Hi there, I put my 2 7" tems in my big tank today with a 16" silver aro an 8" florida gar and a 14" RT giant gourami. They seemed to get really stressed in with the big fish and after about 10 mins of me watching them one of the tems started to lose control of his swimming and was drifting around a little. I got scared and put them both back in their original tank.

One of them is fine but the other was tipping upside down and had no control over his swimming. I have increased the airation in his tank and I gently cupped him in my hand and held him in front of the flow from the filter to get some air though his gills.

He has now regained some control after a couple of hours, he's not tipping upside down any more only tilting a little occasionally and he is swimming around but having trouble stopping himself from moving. Also he was swimming around in small circles too.

Please help me is this a serious problem or will he get better in time. Is there any thing I can do to help like add salt or anyhting.

PLEASE HELP I WILL BE DEVASTATED IF I LOSE MY BASS!

 

[Peanut_Power]

Seems like your two tanks have different water parameters or something. Perhaps a temp. change? Normally something like that doesn't happen unless there is something seriously wrong with the fish. Really can't say if it will pull through for you to be honest. Normally when fish start acting like that they are on the verge of death...

 

[mjuniorc]

i agree, with peanut.... your water parameters were different for sure, if your cichla are acting like that.... next time before changing/moving fish in different params.... their is a method of a drip acclimation process.... could take up 2 24 hours? mabye faster with good airation, but prefferably 24hrs....

as far as your fish... there is a good chance it may die.... depending on the nature of shock it just went in.... the reason why your cichla is swimming like that... is probably when it went into shock.... you possibly damaged his/their equilibrium... meaning they cannot control their swimm. sorry to give you such heartbreaking info.... but thats what happens most of the time.. if water params are completely off!! well i hope for the best for you... it must be painful just to watch them go through that....!!! if all goes down... just take it as "lesson learned" and in the future it will make you a better/knowledgable fish keeper!!!

-mike

 

[catfishlover106]

yea the swimming problem thing is also happening to my lil orino...must have been with those weekly water changes...with added dechlorinated water something must have changed in the water and caused my orino to be in shock or something and now has no straight forward swimming...its just swimming around out of control...but mines still eating, just its swimming is off

 

[bOOsteN aUdI]

agreed peanut and mjunior... sounds like his swim bladder

 

[rlheugel]

Anybody know what to do for the swim bladder issue? Any cures?

 

[mjuniorc]

Anybody know what to do for the swim bladder issue? Any cures?

nope!!!!

 

[mjuniorc]

any updates on your tems....?

 

[softturtle]

I have had that happen to Cichla with low oxygen levels in the water. Usually it was the end for the fish in question. Now I use lots of airstones and powerheads.

Was air the actual problem? I don't know, but I haven't had that issue since.

(10 minutes is a little quick for a fish to suffocate though, I'm just sharing my experiences with tipsy Cichla)

 

[mjuniorc]

Was air the actual problem? I don't know, but I haven't had that issue since.

(10 minutes is a little quick for a fish to suffocate though, I'm just sharing my experiences with tipsy Cichla)

airstones are always good!!! but this is obviously a different case... fish were okay until he had put them in another tank,, when water params were completely different... (caused the fish to go in shock..) from the old tank to the new tank.....
also you had noted that 10min is quick for a fish to suffocate...?? thats is what happens when you got different parameters...

may i ask you what happened with your tipsy cichla?