Tiger Barb, air filled belly

[saxenamohitm]

Omg!
I NEED HELP URGENTLY,
One of my tiger barbs is lying upside down on the surface of the water. The belly is puffed and out of water... seems like theres air inside it...

Wot do i do???????

Request you to reply quickly to this! Dont wanna lose my fish!


Regards
Mohit

[saxenamohitm]

My fish passed away...

Cant believe how quickly it happened :S

can u ID wot the problem was, to help me assess the risk my other 19 barbs might face...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7461106@N03/4464369502/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7461106@N03/4464368974/in/photostream/

Thanks

Mohit

[Dangerdoll]

it could have been bladder disease but I don't think that's ever killed them instantly like that, however I am not 100% sure on that. A way to help rectify would have been to offer it a skinned pea. Not being ab;\le to see the pifs though... was it sudden? Did you notice his scales pine coming out away from the body maybe?

[saxenamohitm]

Scales were still smooth... and it was sudden, i woke up and checked on the fishes and all of them were swimming in a school... and then after an hour i noticed this one upside down... and within 5 minutes of me noticing it passed away...

I used flckr to upload the pics... if u right click and open in a new tab/window it'll open i think...
Thanks for the reply

Regards
Mohit

[Dangerdoll]

thanks.... sorry you lost this little guy.... I don't know what the problem could have been, really. I do know that tigers usuallyhave a viscious pecking order when in a group and could be quite troublesome toward each other in the wake of that however, I don't know if they could have caused something like that... sorry I am of no help for this...

[saxenamohitm]

Just over a week into the incident, i lost another fish today... again everything was fine and all the fishes were swimming together when i checked them up in the morning... but in 20 minutes things changed dramatically... my smallest barb in the school was fin nipped and dropped like a rock in water upside down... tail fins are fine just the dorsal fins looked ravaged... and within 5 mins of me noticing and seperating it from the other fishes it passed away.

This was the smallest fish in the school and i dont see it trying to get up on the pecking order.. and i dont feel a fish can die of fin nipping so quickly... this one is not bloated.

I did a 40% water change last sunday and the next WC was scheduled for today...
No other changes in the tank environment...

Am i dealing with something serious here? I'm worried about my other 18 fishes..

Regards
Mohit