benm_79 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anponee Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I'm no expert, but I once had large cichlid with this same issue...She 'never' came good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anponee Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Let me rephrase... She survived, but couldn't keep herself upright... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm_79 Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Yeah that's what I am afraid of, thinking if I should cull her or hope for the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm_79 Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Yeah that's not good to hear, it's hard to know which way to go hey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anponee Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Yeah, I didn't have it in me to cull mine so I kept her, but she needed special attention come feeding time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm_79 Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Great news is the fronny is upright again, not 100% yet but a massive improvement, very happy with her progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anponee Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 That's great news!!!Hopefully she recovers even more!!!I thing we do know, she's a fighter!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm_79 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 She's a fighter alright, she was pronounced dead at the start of it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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