Zebra Danio, sideways and 'fat'... asap please

Can I just shoot it? Seriously... I have some Absolute Vodka on hand. It is susposed to be 100% painless / stress free. If nothing else I can put a glass of that in the freezer :(

I had a betta do this once, it lived in my 30 gallon community tank. I took it out for 3 days, and on day 4 it was right as rain.

It did die 6 months later, but those last 6 months that little guy was the king of the tank :cool:

Anyone else have any life saving ideas?
 
I'm glad you mentioned the stress of the freezer method, kikuchiyo. I never knew about that. I did some Googling and it seems that ice crystals are not the problem as much as extended suffering due to the stress of temperature change. As far as I can tell, a tropical fish would die before water reached the freezing point. It appears you're right about the extreme coldwater method being the most humane. Thanks for the info. I apologize for repeating the freezer method. A few links:

http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/euthanasia.html

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/faustus/nicoldaquaria/euthanasia.htm

http://aquariumhobbyist.com/guppies/sleep.html

http://depts.washington.edu/compmed/iacuc/policies/fish_euthanasia.html

http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/noawicpubs/avmaeuth93.htm (Discusses potential pain of freezer method for cold-blooded animals)

Sorry for the grim topic, but I do think it's important for the responsible fishkeeper. As far as the danio, I am useless as far as life-saving ideas. :(
 
Update....

It's doing much better and still in isolation... I'm hoping for a full recovery at this point...

Any ideas as to why this happened? Also, it's still fat.
 
I know that this is an old post, but for other people who visit this post I found this. never tried it and this particular one is for guppies, but the Epsom salt thing sounds like it would work.

This is from http://www.aquariumhobbyist.com/guppies/disease.html


Indigestion/Constipation
Symptoms include:
Resting on the bottom of the tank is the clear identifier. Although some swelling may occur of the belly, make certain scales aren't protruding.
Treatment:
This is a very serious condition that calls for immediate attention. Isolate the fish, wether into a seperate tank or into a breeder tank. Some suggests treating with one TEASPOON EPSOM SALT not aquarium salt nor table salt as these salts won't relieve the internal pressure. Many people solve this issue with starvation treatment. Keep fish isolated and DO NOT feed for three days. (The fish will survive without food!) Know that something isn't agreeing with the guppy concerning food fed to it. Determine what has been fed to them and don't feed the particular fish that food again. This may even occur with over-feeding the fish. So, if nothing out of the ordinary had been fed to the fish in the past week, you'll need to decrease the amount of food being fed to your fish. Feeding additional food to the fish in the first three days of onset will only add to the current blockage in the fish. After 3 days, if fish has not "pooped", try to feed a very small amount of baby brine shrimp and check for additional bloating. If the fish has "pooped" within the 3 day period, feed the fish only baby brine shrimp for the next 2 days and supplement with a frozen, defrosted, skinned, and mashed green pea.
 
I recently had a similar issue with a Peppered Cory- although the situation was much worse.


Saw one floating upside down in the watter lettuce- touched it and it made a feeble attempt to swim away then turned belly up and floated to the top again.

I immediately seperated it into a hospital tank for observation. By that night it was even worse- gills barely moving- barely moved when gently nudged- in fact I almost thought he was dead- it was really hard to tell- I considered euthenasia- but decided I'd give him to the morning. (if he lived that long).

The next morning it was miraculous- he was no longer belly up but rideside up and on the bottom of the tank- docile but better... By that afternoon he was swimming around as if nothing bad had happened.

It was amazing- from belly up barely mobile to perfectly fine in under 24 hours.

I suspect in my case it was constipation... that was one of the reasons I gave him the night.

I feed the shrimp snail-jello, which is made partially from baby food- in this case, bananna because that is what my youngest had recently turned her nost up at.

Bananna CAN cause constipation in some people- and my cory love the snail jello as much as the shrimp do (perhaps more).


I immediately tossed out the snail jello and made a fresh batch made from peas.

Corydora is still healthy and happy. Glad to report I've had no fishy deaths since re-entering the hobby. I can't say I did anything special for the Cory- I suspected bacterial infection first but new Cory were sensitive to medicine so didn't take that route. (not expecting him to live anyway).

The only thing I did do was frequent 50% water changes three times a day to keep the water fresh. (hospital tank wasn't cycled- I did but an active filter in there though).
 
i know there are many fruits and vegetables out there that fish and inverts can and will eat, but i don't think banana is one that is good for them. good idea, tossing that batch of snello.

try butternut squash. most likely another food your kidlett will snub, lol, and your snails will love her for it. in fact, my current pic (to the left, to the left.....lol) is some of my snails noshing on butternut squash snello.
 
Yeah, I'd heard people talking about all sorts of baby foods used and thought bananas were benign. They incidentally loved the stuff- perhaps too much.

I'd been using it for a month with no problem on the other fish/inverts- and to be honest I don't know that was what happened- but a big suspicion.



I chose peas second time around. If my fish are going to eat my invert food- at least they can eat something that is healthy for them and regulary used to give to fish. (also peas often used to cure constipation in fish).

It's a pain getting my invert food to my inverts so they can get their calcium because my corys are little piglets. Ironically- my inverts prefer the food I put in for the cory- and cory prefer food I put in for the inverts... they love the peas even more than the bananas.
 
my cories ignore snello for the most part, and go for the meaty foods that fall between the plants. they loooove shrimp pellets, lol.
 
I don't think there is anything my Cory won't eat. If I put it in the tank, it reaches the bottom and it's food: they eat it. They do like shrimp pellets too- but it's the shrimp that really love the shrimp pellets- sicko shrimp. ;)

What the shrimp really love and go absolutely crazy for is freeze-dried gammarus- put it in the tank and they all get excited.
 
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