Title: Sick, Sinking Fish Description:What to do with them.
Salomon - June 4, 2006 02:47 AM (GMT)
We have two fish with swim bladder problems. They're both really depressing. One of them struggles to swim and sometimes stops to rest at the bottom; lying on his side on the gravel. The other isn't as bad but still sinks a lot and also struggles to swim to the top.
We were wondering what we should do with these fish. The worse one we think we might ned to euthanize because he's just so depressing. Every time I see him he doesn't look like he's going to live very much longer.
I heard that there is no cure for swim bladder diseases. What would you do? Oh. And I forgot to say that they're Flame Tetras taht we've only had for a month or so.
They've been like this for about two weeks.
Dwarfs - June 4, 2006 02:54 AM (GMT)
For fish so small, the only way out of their sickness is euthanism. You can try to find out how to cure this problem, but it probably won't help.
Wolfie - June 4, 2006 03:10 AM (GMT)
i agree, some larger fish you can assist the problem but when i had guppies with the problem the other fish would attack them so ended up euthanising them.
ShadowElite951 - June 4, 2006 04:40 PM (GMT)
There is no way to heal swim bladder problems in smaller fish. As the others said, euthanising them is the only way to go. Here is a link that tells you how to euthanise with clove oil. The best method to use in my opinion.