Gf swimming upside down

[ferraro88]

Hi all bros n sis here,any1 know why my ranchu is swimming upside down?But stillable to eat leh.Pls advise.Thanks.

I guess it has to do with swim bladder problem. It is not an accurate diagnosis without looking @ the fish but you can do the following for swim bladder problem:

1. stop feeding floating food.

2. isolate the fish and keep the water level low.

3. use commerical medicine for swim bladder treatment. OR

4. feed it green pea and see if condition improves.

Originally posted by ferraro88
Hi all bros n sis here,any1 know why my ranchu is swimming upside down?But stillable to eat leh.Pls advise.Thanks.

Originally posted by NLB
I guess it has to do with swim bladder problem. It is not an accurate diagnosis without looking @ the fish but you can do the following for swim bladder problem:

1. stop feeding floating food.

2. isolate the fish and keep the water level low.

3. use commerical medicine for swim bladder treatment. OR

4. feed it green pea and see if condition improves.

I concurs with u.

First thing first .... isolate that fish ASAP.

y must isolate huh? when 1 of my ranchu got swim bladder problem i dun isolate lehz... just do some medication in the tank.

Swim bladder probs... quite difficult to cure. Many explainations have been given for the cause of it. Look up to have more understanding of the problems.

Originally posted by huizhong
y must isolate huh? when 1 of my ranchu got swim bladder problem i dun isolate lehz... just do some medication in the tank.

One cause is internal bacterial infection therefore you wouldn't want to run the risk of the other fishes catching it if thats the case.

I don't know what medication you're using. But firstly some medication kill your BB, next you don't want to medicate healthy fish for no reasons and lastly good medication is expensive and its cheaper to just dose a smaller hospital tank than the whole fish tank.

I second that.

Isolating it in lower water level will help reduce stress as it no longer needs to struggle to the surface or even just trying to balance.

Originally posted by dragonfly_sg
One cause is internal bacterial infection therefore you wouldn't want to run the risk of the other fishes catching it if thats the case.

I don't know what medication you're using. But firstly some medication kill your BB, next you don't want to medicate healthy fish for no reasons and lastly good medication is expensive and its cheaper to just dose a smaller hospital tank than the whole fish tank.

but usually when 1 fish is sick, i will cure the whole tank cos afraid that the others might be infected too i very kia si.. haha