Angel fish dying

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satanpie

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So today i wake up to see one of my six angels floating on her side under the spray bar. For the past few weeks she has been quite inactive but eatingand swimming ok. I tapped her to see if she was alive and it seems all shes capable of doing is floating on her side, or wildly darting around in circles, the other angels seems to know that something is wrong and are leaving her alone all my params are fine and all the other fish are fine.

im guessing this is a swim bladder failure, or whirling disease?
Is this associated with old age?
How long do you think it will take for her to die, should i euthanise?
 
If you have tried all else, yes. Do you have a QT?
 
if you can't treat her and she's not able to eat, then euthanasia would be the best course of action.
 
Is there a way to treat this? all my fish have been sick at one point or another but i didnt know there was any way to treat this kind of condition. I have ahd a guppie and a dwarf gourami in this state and i just let them die slowly, this will be the largest and most significant fish death ive ever had, i have an encyclopedia and it says to "dispose of fish". I beleive this state is caused by a failure of the swim bladder, which is not contagious it is almost liek cancer or Alzheimer's disease in humans but if anyone has any ideas for treatment i would love to hear them because i really dont want to lose this fish.
 
Water parameters?
 
ammonia-0 Nitrate-0 nitrite-2, all the other fish are fine, i did a good water change yesterday, this fish is siffering from a disease, is there anything i can do for this condition? her belly seems inflated and she cant stop herself from floating, i put food in front of her and she tries to go for it but cant get it.
 
i googled this and found this

"Last night at feeding time one of my angel fish was floating around in the current. This morning it is still laying on its side. What is wrong with it?

The symptoms you described are classic for a swim bladder infection. When the bacteria is actively multiplying, the angel fish bloats, typically "floating" as you described it. At some point the swim bladder is destroyed by the bacteria and the fish can no longer maintain an upright position and become "bellysliders", unable to stay in mid water without great effort. This angel fish disease almost always results in a fish that has permanent swimming difficulty. Prevention is the key with this problem. It's usually the result of overfeeding or feeding food that has started to spoil."

Is there anyhitng i can do to help it? should i quarantine and raise temp?
 
Sounds bad for your Angel fish, but can you also just clarify your nitrite result (2?) and type of test kit.

If possible put the sick one in QT - less stressful for her and the other fish too. I would think the only hope of useful treatment would be if this is a bacterial infection of the swim bladder, in which case try maracyn & maracyn 2 (ideally in QT) as a last resort and if no improvement euthanise.
 
how should i euthanise? it doesnt look like she is going to get better
 
I dont have any anesthetics or clove oil available, what should i do, its side is extremly bloated and its body is bent
 
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