I have a 4" or so black moor and he has been floating upside when he tries to sleep. When he doesn't flip upside down and slowly rise, he is on the gravel face first with his tailfin pointing upwards. Luckily he got smart enough to swim under something when he sleeps so he doesn't float to the top.
I had him in a 10 gallon and I was thinking it was from swalling air from the flake food. I stopped feeding him flake food, and gave him pellets. It calmed down a little (He was floating like an airbubble and couldn't even get to the bottom). Then it started again, not as badly but more noticeably. At night I hear eating sounds coming from the tank so I figured he was gulping in air because the tank was small.
He is now in a 29 gallon. He almost stopped floating, but now it's coming back. I do not know what to do, and I hate to see him like this. If it helps, he is really fat. I tried feeding him less for the past week.
I was reading about swim bladder infections, but this is starting to go away, but then it comes back not as badly as it first was. If it was a swim bladder problem what are other symptoms and how could I fix it?
I am thinking it's something else though. Give me your ideas.
I had him in a 10 gallon and I was thinking it was from swalling air from the flake food. I stopped feeding him flake food, and gave him pellets. It calmed down a little (He was floating like an airbubble and couldn't even get to the bottom). Then it started again, not as badly but more noticeably. At night I hear eating sounds coming from the tank so I figured he was gulping in air because the tank was small.
He is now in a 29 gallon. He almost stopped floating, but now it's coming back. I do not know what to do, and I hate to see him like this. If it helps, he is really fat. I tried feeding him less for the past week.
I was reading about swim bladder infections, but this is starting to go away, but then it comes back not as badly as it first was. If it was a swim bladder problem what are other symptoms and how could I fix it?
I am thinking it's something else though. Give me your ideas.