swim bladder

hi! i took home a betta fish yesterday from petco that was NOT doing well at all. ive been doing research all day and i think he has velvet, swim bladder disease, and columnaris. hes not eating, has little black spots on his fin, a med sized wooly white patch and redness on his sides, and he has...

Hello all, I recently acquired my second betta, Nero, after losing my first, Razzle to a suspected infection after he developed popeye and become extremely weak. He was a Petsmart purchase, and sadly did not respond to the antibiotics/water changes I gave him. I think my having been using the...

My Apistogramma Borelli are doing super well and I have breeding tanks with about 200 fry of different sizes right now. But since yesterday the Male. (Maybe 1 year old) has a hard time staying buoyant. He has to try harder than usual to get to the top of the tank or simply stay anywhere above...

My betta discovered the delights of eating snails and now he won't stop! I had some MTS and pond/bladder snails hitchhike in on some plants a while back, and I didn't really mind because snails are neat. :) One day a baby pond snail dropped from the surface of the tank and my betta ate it. Now...

About two years ago, I was gifted a male betta by a student. The betta hadn't been very well cared for, but I got him into a 5-gal tank with a filter and heater. He has snail buddies, a plant, and some assorted decorations. He had been very active and playful, and seemed overall in good health...

Hi. I would like to get some help or advice what to do for our sick goldfish. its an orange and white oranda, she's been with us for over 1year. we only have 2 goldfish, 1male and female, with a 20-gallon tank. she normally has swim bladder issue before (swimming upside down for days), and we...

Hi my name is lydia and my baby betta marvin is sick! I've been googling and trying to figure out what is wrong with him! Here is some background. I got marvin as a baby boy betta about a month ago I got a baby girl beta at the same time and she has been doing great she's eating and growing but...

Hi there, I'm devastated to be posting this, especially as my first post on this site, but I really need some advice. My black moor has been really suffering for almost a week now - it turns out the test kit I was using was inaccurate (strips, rookie mistake) and I didn't catch a big nitrate...

Forgive me if I'm doing this wrong, but I'm looking for some help/advice. My goldfish died today very unexpectedly. We won him (and 2 others) at a fair 5 years ago. He was a basic goldfish and was larger than the others. I have a 50 gallon tank with a canister filter and feed tetra flakes, pre...