I feel sad and I am left with no option. I've already tried every viable way known to me.
I have a Flowerhorn cichlid that's 6 months old. Last week , she started doing a lot of somersaults and before I knew it she had a bloated stomach and started swimming upside down. I did research and came to know that it was "swim bladder disease". I went to an aqua clinic near my house ,they gave me a bunch of medicines (stress reducers, deworming) and instructed me to change the tank water by 50% every 2 days - whilst adding salt.
The bloating didn't reduce and it grew bigger - the stomach started sticking out of the tank and I was worried - kept asking the fish doctor and he said there was nothing I could do about it. I came up on this video about a few people treating a cichlid with air bladder by piercing its belly with a hypodermic needle. As one last hurrah , I went ahead with it and let all the air out. Its been 4 days since then, she's still alive and I have to feed her by hand. (Green peas or Humpy head pellets).
But now she's sunk to the bottom of the tank , and rests on her side. Gets excited whenever I come near , but she's unable to swim.
After I feed her and leave her back in the tank , she is able to swim for like 10 seconds , before falling flat. Is there anything I can do? She even spits out the food, its hard to see her like this.
I have attached the images, I didn't take any pictures of the bloated ones. The last pic shows her being pale and resting at the bottom. Please advice.
I have a Flowerhorn cichlid that's 6 months old. Last week , she started doing a lot of somersaults and before I knew it she had a bloated stomach and started swimming upside down. I did research and came to know that it was "swim bladder disease". I went to an aqua clinic near my house ,they gave me a bunch of medicines (stress reducers, deworming) and instructed me to change the tank water by 50% every 2 days - whilst adding salt.
The bloating didn't reduce and it grew bigger - the stomach started sticking out of the tank and I was worried - kept asking the fish doctor and he said there was nothing I could do about it. I came up on this video about a few people treating a cichlid with air bladder by piercing its belly with a hypodermic needle. As one last hurrah , I went ahead with it and let all the air out. Its been 4 days since then, she's still alive and I have to feed her by hand. (Green peas or Humpy head pellets).
But now she's sunk to the bottom of the tank , and rests on her side. Gets excited whenever I come near , but she's unable to swim.
After I feed her and leave her back in the tank , she is able to swim for like 10 seconds , before falling flat. Is there anything I can do? She even spits out the food, its hard to see her like this.
I have attached the images, I didn't take any pictures of the bloated ones. The last pic shows her being pale and resting at the bottom. Please advice.
