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Swim Bladder issue


benm_79

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Hi all, I had a heater malfunction on me and cooked 4/10 Frontosa Moba's, 5 survived and 1 was as good as dead but I managed to bring her back again and after about 1.5 weeks she is still alive but her Swim bladder seems to have been effected. She tries hard but still can't keep herself upright. I have her in a hospital tank with Aquarium salt added to the water, because she tends to lay on one side all the time it's effecting that side of her and that one eye on the same side. Also tried treating with Melafix and although she seems to be showing better colouration and slowly becoming stronger, I'm starting to wonder if her swim bladder can actually repair itself or if she may never be able to function normally again. Also still having problems with getting her to eat.

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers Ben

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To help you decide, one of my past stories.

Middle of winter doing a water change.

Left the hose on for about two hours when refilling,

Flooded out the room and fish were sitting in 16 degree water.

Two got your same issue,,, losing ability to stay upright and buoyancy control.

They stayed like that for about 3 months, then I culled them.

Beautiful big phenochilus Tanzania.

There are a few tragedies that causes this problem.

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