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Posted: **Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:43 pm**

One of my sub-adults was upright the other day and i thought it was wierd as he was breathing fine........so when i came home he was fine.......well yesterday he was upright again so i put him in a fry trap to observe him and he still has not turned over???!!!

He is still alive and is breathing but I think his swim bladder is all screwy!!!

Is there anything i can do or is it the end of him??? My water conditios are fine!! everything test out perfect, i have another 7 more inside the 45 gal tank and this is the ony one that is experiencing these syptoms???
Thanks

Posted: **Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:56 pm**

If you've got a quarantine tank, I would move him into it, with water from his existing set up and treat him with Kanamycin or another good broad spectrum antibiotic. That definitely sounds life threatening and I wouldn't put off treating it at all. Has he had any injuries or nipped fins lately? Any other parameters changed?

Barbie

Posted: **Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:05 pm**

No nothing at all!! he has no woulds or any lessions on him!! I have not dramatically changed the water or fed them differently ..........when i move the fry tap he tries to swim but sinks right back down......His stomach looks a little swollen almost like he ate very well!But I have toned down the feeding to the whole tank because i dont want any left over food to build up .
I will transfer him today and see if this helps. I have a ten gal tank ready for this type of treatment!

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:42 am**

try a little bit of epsom salt, sounds like float

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