flowerhorn swim bladder disease

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flowerhorn swim bladder disease; my poor flowerhorn
Topic Started: Nov 22 2008, 03:54 AM (152 Views)
bichir	Nov 22 2008, 03:54 AM Post #1
Zygotes Posts: 23 Group: Members Member #12,087 Joined: September 30, 2008	sorry haven't been posting for a while busy with work, hope everyone's good. well it happened a week ago, i fed him some frozen cichlid delight then i went back to check him out his body was bent like a letter "S" and didnt swim right anymore til now. i put some maracyn two in the tank and fed him some peas but still not showing improvement. i know your supposed to limit feeding him, but now his stomach is sucked in, he's always at the bottom and on one side, also it looks like his eyes are hyper extended to one side. he doesnt have the ability to swim and get food so i feed him with a sirynge but only once for four days now. i hope he survives this cause i feel really bad, he's my first flowerhorn and my favorite fish too. if anyone out there has any info or advice please help a brother flowerhorn out. thanks to who ever replies, oh yeah ive had him ever since he was 4 inches and now he's 7 inches long. Attached to this post: IMG_0362.jpg (598.78 KB) IMG_0364.jpg (517.23 KB) IMG_0363.jpg (585.1 KB) IMG_0361.jpg (635.58 KB) Edited by bichir, Nov 22 2008, 03:56 AM.



thomaspham	Nov 22 2008, 09:50 AM Post #2
2" Frys Posts: 281 Group: Members Member #11,915 Joined: July 10, 2008	sucks to hear that bro, one of my GM die yesterday due to a bladder disease ...i notice in the morning and added salt and medication but he coun't make it..hope some one here can help you bro.... here a picture of him....he was laying on the bottom for about 5 mins than pass away...



Valentine	Nov 22 2008, 10:21 AM Post #3
6" Juvies Posts: 606 Group: Team RUS Member #6,067 Joined: November 23, 2007	Man, the same thing happened to my fish the other day. What's going on here? Edited by Valentine, Nov 22 2008, 10:21 AM.
	No Pain, No Gain.


aquanut	Nov 22 2008, 10:25 AM Post #4
10" Masterpieces Posts: 1,011 Group: Global Moderators/ Team RUS Member #3,422 Joined: August 19, 2007	I lost my female ZZM also... so I know how it feels.
	Life is lived moving forwards... and understood looking backwards.


flowerhorn addiction	Nov 23 2008, 03:30 AM Post #5
Zygotes Posts: 83 Group: Members Member #12,071 Joined: September 21, 2008	Hey Thomas, remember the pretty guy u sold me? he had the same problem and passed away. It was a for my brother and I crying...He was a beautiful dude, some one needs to come up with a solution for this.



thomaspham	Nov 23 2008, 12:30 PM Post #6
2" Frys Posts: 281 Group: Members Member #11,915 Joined: July 10, 2008	flowerhorn addiction Nov 23 2008, 03:30 AM Hey Thomas, remember the pretty guy u sold me? he had the same problem and passed away. It was a for my brother and I crying...He was a beautiful dude, some one needs to come up with a solution for this. sorry to hear that .. hope your brother can find a better replacement...



Flowerhornrus	Nov 24 2008, 01:49 AM Post #7
Administrator Posts: 5,256 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: June 2, 2006 Favorite Strain Kamfas Residence LoNg BeAcH, Ca. (USA)	if one minute you feeding ..then the next he is laying and gasping for air.. i would think one either the surrounding.. change of temp?/ some one added some solution to the tank?? i dont know.. but the more that would be related would be that the fish got spooked and ran into the glass head on and broke a spine.. many fish have had this too.. solutions for this.. i think we need to pull some of the older threads back on the med section.. maybe dont have too many things in the tank for it to bump on.. watch out for over hanged filters.. keep the tank away from heavy traffic places.. well its hard.. for some fish may get use to heavy traffic.. and also some fish would get frighten just because they never seen that person before..its weird.. i guess we all need to spend more time with are fish to learn and keep them more at a comfortable level.. im sorry to see all this happen..hope all would help out and learn from each other more..take care.. also i will move this to the Med section for more attention.. for the share.
	It takes 36 muscles to make a FROWN... But it ONLY takes ONE FISH to make a Smile!!!


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