swim bladder disease
Swim Bladder Disease
This article will help you to spot a swim bladder disease by explaining the symptoms, and will provide guidelines on preventing and treating this disease for the aquarium fish.
- Loss of balance
- Not being able to maintain buoyancy
- Floating uncontrollably at the top of the tank or sinking to the bottom
- Trouble while swimming
- Swimming at an abnormal angle
- Lying around without moving, except for a sudden dash to the surface for oxygen
- A common reason of this disease occurring in betta fish is constipation. To treat constipation problem in fish, is to stop feeding them. Bettas can live without food for a long time. Another way is to use peas, take a fresh pea and get rid of its skin, break it into small pieces and make your fish eat them.
- If a goldfish is suffering from the swim bladder you can also use the pea trick. Always try to use the fresh peas, if fresh peas are not available then use the canned peas which are non-salted.
- You can also try fasting your goldfish for 3-4 days. This can greatly help to break up the impaction and restore the fish's health. Most fish can go even for a week without food, and be fine.
- Other ways to treat your aquarium fish is to feed medicated food, you can also try adding salt to the tank or raising the temperature to 76 degrees for a short time.
- Another treatment is to stick in a needle in the swim bladder and suck out some air, make sure you try all the above measures before you try this treatment.