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| Posted | Yellow Lab - Disease ? Help |
| 04-12-2006 18:59 by pacuk01 |
Hi,
I have recently lost one fish. The symptoms were floating up to surface, swimming very uncordinated. Then floating back up to surface. Not eating. Looking generally down in the mouth. Then it would seem fine for a while. Then it would return to the surface. It's tail movements seem to be very small, but very rapid. Breathing normal. I now have a yellow lab with the same symptoms. All water parameters have been measured and they are okay. PH okay, Nitrates & nitrites okay. Ammonia levels okay. Help |
| 04-12-2006 19:00 by pacuk01 |
The yellow lab does also swim about, but usually swims with head pointing upwards in a very uncordinated fashion
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| 04-12-2006 19:04 by pacuk01 |
It also swims with only one fin, and then darts off. |
| 04-12-2006 19:09 by zzrpassion |
hi there i have a few yellow labd and the only time i have had any strange swimming is when the female has a mouthfull, she always seems to wedge herself with head pointing upwards. and stays like this for as long as she is left alone.. sorry thats all i can offer.??? |
| 04-12-2006 19:10 by pacuk01 |
It looks ill to me.....def on the way out me thinks. It is swimming so eratically |
| 04-12-2006 19:12 by Jessica |
ask a good lfs.. ive always found they know about illnesses there  |
| 04-12-2006 19:15 by pacuk01 |
I don't think it will last that long actually. Seems to have come on very rapidly. All the other fish are fine |
| 04-12-2006 19:28 by Jessica |
but just incase its worth checking.. if another fish died from it, then its probably contagious.. you might be able to get a treatment to stop it spreading or help control it if it does. |
| 04-12-2006 19:43 by telboy |
you havent been feeding bloodworm have you??? |
| 04-12-2006 19:52 by pacuk01 |
No, seems like Malawi Bloat without the bloating. They have a spirulina based food, with daphnia once a week. It is being picked on by the others now, so I think it wont be alive much longer. |
| 04-12-2006 19:53 by pacuk01 |
I have had that fish for quite a while now, too. |
| 04-12-2006 21:11 by Jessica |
poor thing, you not got any hide in there for the lil fella to hide in instead of getting eaten alive ? |
| 04-12-2006 21:32 by djjaye |
got another tank for the little thing. or feed it yourself by hand ( well try ). lastly why not try seperating the tank. so he/she can have food. ( sorry about my spelling )
try anything m8 saves the fish dieing help it out all you can. hope it gets over it  |
| 04-12-2006 21:54 by Jessica |
i hope so.. dont just let him be attacked and ripped to shreds by the other fish..  |
| 04-12-2006 21:54 by jonie |
sounds like swimbladder but could be many things bloat is also possible my keyhole cichlid had it a while back as there prone to it sadly, mine dyed but if you catch it in the early stages you could stop it i think there are medicines out for it now but not completley sure will take a lloook for ya mate |
| 04-12-2006 22:52 by Danny Boy |
id assume it was a swim bladder issue. but thats not contagious, could be internal parasites if the fish looks ok from the outside. and that could be contagious.
my concern is that you say the nitrate, nitrite and ammonia levels are "okay" we need to know what each of them are, it may point us in the right direction. also tell us what other fish you have in the tank. there could be a bully in the tank. when you say the lab is swimming about with its head facing upwards this would point to swim bladder for sure. the normal symptoms are the fish looks heavy in the water. and struggles to swim to the top. they nomnally spend a lot of time resting on the bottom of the tank. until we get a little more info i would advise a 30% water change as soon as you read these very words, then come back and reply. |
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