albie Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 A friend of mine recently moved houses,one of his mature male frontora has developed 'FLOAT'. It can swim but it seems to float to the top of the tank.Has anyone experienced this,and is there any cure. Any advise or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I saw an article about that on cichlid forum some time ago. Have a look there. I think that they inserted a needle and aspirated air or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 This is the article that Ziad was referring to from Cichlid Forum http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/frontosa_floating.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Hi Ged, Do you know anyone that has done as the article suggests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 I know of one person who did what the article suggests - as in inserting the tip of a needle to release the air. It was successful but is tricky to do and can just as easily result in the frontosas swim bladder being punctured or the fish killed. When ever my frontosas have developed float I throw epson salt in the tank. I was told to do this by a very well known frontosa breeder who swears by it. Look up that and give it a go! I can't remember the dosage for sure but if I remember right it was one 250ml cup per 500L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theantmac Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 yep id recommend the salt theory as mclouglin said, as its a broad spectrum type treatment and definately wont make it worse thats for sure all the best ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albie Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Thanks to everyone's advise/opinions,he's actually trying the salts and is impoving by the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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