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Hi Forum members!
First let me say that I am having a blast with my planted tank. I watch it more than my television (by far). It is very soothing and I even like to work on it (water changes and gravel vac and such), it really chills me out. (BTW it is a community tank, mostly small tetras and a pearl gourami)
Anyway, about a week ago I bought 4 small (quarter-sized?) angels from the LFS. Had to give my red-eye tetras to another friend because they (the red-eyes) were immediate and relentless fin nippers, but it was worth it--I like the angels more and my friend has a nice tank.
Four days ago--this is the fourth day--one of the angels started floating on his side on the surface of the water. I thought, "Uh-oh, he's a goner," and thought he'd be dead by morning, but he wasn't. I examined him closely and didn't see any evidence of fungus or parasites (that I know of). He breathes. Sometimes, with tremendous effort, he rights himself and swims for a few seconds. He tries to eat--and manages to eat a little bit. The other fish are not trying to eat him. His scales look nice and healthy.
He just isn't swimming; he floats on his side almost all the time. Maybe his air bladder is...injured, and it is disabling his ability to keep himself from not floating?
The other angels I bought with him seem just fine; no problems at all.
Does anyone have any ideas? Is he diseased? Is there anything I can do to help fix him? :icon_ques
Photos attached; sorry--he was hard to photograph--in one, you see where I've circled his image floating at the top of the tank.
Thank you!
First let me say that I am having a blast with my planted tank. I watch it more than my television (by far). It is very soothing and I even like to work on it (water changes and gravel vac and such), it really chills me out. (BTW it is a community tank, mostly small tetras and a pearl gourami)
Anyway, about a week ago I bought 4 small (quarter-sized?) angels from the LFS. Had to give my red-eye tetras to another friend because they (the red-eyes) were immediate and relentless fin nippers, but it was worth it--I like the angels more and my friend has a nice tank.
Four days ago--this is the fourth day--one of the angels started floating on his side on the surface of the water. I thought, "Uh-oh, he's a goner," and thought he'd be dead by morning, but he wasn't. I examined him closely and didn't see any evidence of fungus or parasites (that I know of). He breathes. Sometimes, with tremendous effort, he rights himself and swims for a few seconds. He tries to eat--and manages to eat a little bit. The other fish are not trying to eat him. His scales look nice and healthy.
He just isn't swimming; he floats on his side almost all the time. Maybe his air bladder is...injured, and it is disabling his ability to keep himself from not floating?
The other angels I bought with him seem just fine; no problems at all.
Does anyone have any ideas? Is he diseased? Is there anything I can do to help fix him? :icon_ques
Photos attached; sorry--he was hard to photograph--in one, you see where I've circled his image floating at the top of the tank.
Thank you!
