Giant danio swimming sideways

[Lotocus]

This morning I noticed one of my giant danios swimming erratically and mostly on his side. Sometimes he seems to roll completely over as he turns. He's constantly swimming. He's the only one of the 6 doing this. All the other fish in the 75 gallon tank seem to be behaving normally. This tank has been established for about 4 months now and is cycled. I'll check water parameters soon, but just completed a large (60%) change on Sunday and just did another one now (after noticing the odd behavior) - today's change was only about 30%.

Just wondering if there is anything I can do to help this guy. Thanks in advance.


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[Fishey bricks]

This sounds to me like swim bladder syndrome. In my expereance theres not much that you can do, here's a website that may help.
Identifying and Treating Swim Bladder Disease
The best thing to would be to place the danio in a hospital tank and treat accordingly.

Good luck with your danio.
http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-blogs/confessions-reef-addict/2010/02/quarantine-tank.aspx

 

[Lotocus]

Well after a few days of swimming crazy he seems more or less back to normal. Hope he's over it for good. I figured I'd lose him the way he was going.


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