swim bladder disease

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shoefreak03

shoefreak03

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i think my FH has this, all is does is lie there on the bottom and occasionally float upside to the top and slowly sink back down on it's side. been like this for almost a week, tried feeding it peas but he will spit it out. some say stick a needle in the swim bladder, any one know where to stick him? any help will be appreciated...
 
shoefreak03 said:
some say stick a needle in the swim bladder, any one know where to stick him? any help will be appreciated...
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i've never ever heard of that, that's crazy s**t
:screwy:
 
i sh*t you not

from http://www.netpets.com/fish/reference/freshref/swimbldr.html

Feed your fish a couple of peas. That's right, peas. Just get some frozen peas, thaw them, and feed them to your fish. A professor of fish medicine at N.C. State College of Veterinary Medicine has done this in several cases with very good results. He thinks that the peas somehow encourage destruction of the impaction. No hard scientific data yet, but it's worth a try.
Fast your fish for a couple of days. Withhold all food for three or four days, and sometimes this alone will break up the impaction and return things to normal. Most fish can go a week to ten days without food and be just fine.
Periodic aspiration of the swim bladder works very well. Basically, you stick a needle in the swim bladder and suck out some of the air. Not something to be entered into lightly, but does work well. This is not a cure, but a successful treatment. The head veterinarian at the Baltimore Aquarium prefers this method.
Partial pneumocystectomy. This is another word for surgical removal of part of the swim bladder. I mention this less as a practical option but more just to let people know that there are vets out there doing X-rays, surgery, general anesthesia, even cancer chemotherapy on fish. If you're interested in more information on this procedure, E-mail me and I'll give you more details and a journal citation if you want.

i just chose not to stick a needle into it.
 
that is crazy S**T
sounds kinda risky
i thought bagging a fish was stressful!
 
shoefreak03 said:
i sh*t you not

from http://www.netpets.com/fish/reference/freshref/swimbldr.html

Feed your fish a couple of peas. That's right, peas. Just get some frozen peas, thaw them, and feed them to your fish. A professor of fish medicine at N.C. State College of Veterinary Medicine has done this in several cases with very good results. He thinks that the peas somehow encourage destruction of the impaction. No hard scientific data yet, but it's worth a try.
Fast your fish for a couple of days. Withhold all food for three or four days, and sometimes this alone will break up the impaction and return things to normal. Most fish can go a week to ten days without food and be just fine.
Periodic aspiration of the swim bladder works very well. Basically, you stick a needle in the swim bladder and suck out some of the air. Not something to be entered into lightly, but does work well. This is not a cure, but a successful treatment. The head veterinarian at the Baltimore Aquarium prefers this method.
Partial pneumocystectomy. This is another word for surgical removal of part of the swim bladder. I mention this less as a practical option but more just to let people know that there are vets out there doing X-rays, surgery, general anesthesia, even cancer chemotherapy on fish. If you're interested in more information on this procedure, E-mail me and I'll give you more details and a journal citation if you want.

i just chose not to stick a needle into it.
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try interpet's SBP medication... i've used it before... works pretty well...

the needle is risky unless u are a trained vet... u may just stick something else
 
To feed the mashed skinless canned peas use a syringe without a needle and squirt it deep into the fishes mouth.
 
I lost a silver aro to a swim bladder problem. I was told to dose the tank with epsom salts but I don't remember how much. Check arofantics.com for a salt calculator. remember epsom salts are a different substance than regular salt so you can dose both with no problems. good luck
 
You could also try using Jungle's pepso food and ball up some pellets so he'll eat it. Last time it happened to me it was a Polleni and I just salted, Pimafix, no food and he returned to normal. He was stuck at the top for a day....swim down and right back up. Try it all....can't hurt....needle sounds risky though unless you've been trained to do it or have reaaaallly detailed description/pics. :screwy:
 
so how is the fish?
did you try anything?
 
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