Electric Blue swim bladder problem.

[SuperCadence]

I'm no fish doctor, but it looks to me like my new electric blue's swim bladder has failed due to shock. The other two I brought home with him did perfectly fine, but this one not so well. I've never had a fish last this long after shock. It's been almost a week now and all he does is hang out on the rocks, barely moving.

He became unresponsive to the pellets I was feeding them, so I sank some plankton and he seemed VERY excited about that. He swam and swam and swam with all his might, but dropped within about an inch of the plankton.

As far as I know, the chances of him healing seems slim to none, but if anyone knows of any way to help him out, I'd greatly appreciate it.

My lemon-drop has been so sweet. He's actually been carrying pellets over to blue before eating some himself.

 

[SuperCadence]

Gah, I posted this in the wrong spot, I'm sorry. Is there a way I can move it?

 

[Coler]

Sorry for not seeing it sooner.

It doesn't sound good for him - how did you acclimatise him btw ?

I've had this kind of thing once. I didn't acclimatise at all - I knew nothing then. Poor little lab sank like a stone to the bottom of the tank. Made his way to a rock, stayed there and popped his clogs about 4 days later. Never budged off the rock.

I would think it is pretty unlikely to have arisen from a shock to his system based on the move - of course, a move from very different Ph/hardness and dissolved organic substances (also nitrates) should be managed carefully nonetheless.

With my lab, the guy in the shop gave me the exact fish I didn't want as he was not so active in his own tank, but I was too young and stoopid to object (never went back there again) and I wonder whether your guy was in perfect nick before he came home. Also whether there has not been some introduction aggression. He could just be very stressed.

I just don't think its swim bladder, unless he is unable to maintain position in water when swimming/upside down.

I would :

a) test water just to make sure, for ammonia, nitrite, nitrates with a good liquid test kit.
b) get him into a quarantine tank.
c) THe tank he is in should have lights off and if possible blacked out for least stress possible.

Good luck with him.

I take it you are asking above to get this thread moved to the disease section and will do that for you now.

 

[Coler]

So how is he doing ?