Swim bladder question

[allanrichardlin]

Around xmas time I noticed a mature jack dempsey of mine started sinking to the bottom whenever he stopped swimming. As he otherwise looked fine and didn't seem to be having problems eating cause as long as he was swimming he could move up and down in the tank Ijust left him alone. I assummed he damaged the swin bladder running into something or got frisky with one of his tankmates who whacked him one. Anyway after being like this since december all of a sudden last weekend he's swimming aroung fine again and holding depth without movement with no problem. So obviously there is no problem anymore but I am curious as to whether or not anyone else has run into this with their own fish,always thought that once a swim bladder was damaged it stayed that way. Looking forward to your comments,
Take Care,
Allan

 

[angeladay]

Around xmas time I noticed a mature jack dempsey of mine started sinking to the bottom whenever he stopped swimming. As he otherwise looked fine and didn't seem to be having problems eating cause as long as he was swimming he could move up and down in the tank Ijust left him alone. I assummed he damaged the swin bladder running into something or got frisky with one of his tankmates who whacked him one. Anyway after being like this since december all of a sudden last weekend he's swimming aroung fine again and holding depth without movement with no problem. So obviously there is no problem anymore but I am curious as to whether or not anyone else has run into this with their own fish,always thought that once a swim bladder was damaged it stayed that way. Looking forward to your comments,
Take Care,
Allan

My Temensis is having a similar problem too. Its colors are bright, fins upright, and eats as it always has been but can't stay afloat. It only propells itself through water using pectoral fins.

I've been treating it for last four days with medication. With mine, I'm suspecting that bacterial infection on the swim bladder are keeping the capillaries from releasing oxygen into the bladder chamber. I have yet to see any improvements.