Poorly Swimming Spotted Climbing Perches

[itschromesteel]

I have been on vacation for the last 10 days i got home last night, checked my tanks, and everything seemed normal. I had a friend feeding the fish frozen blood worms while i was away every other day. I gave the fish a cube of blood worms last night before i went to bed and when I woke up this morning my climbing perches are having trouble swimming. They cant swim away from the filter intake and float under plants or the driftwood. I immediately checked my ammonia and it was 0, nitrates 5, nitrites 0. I have other fish in the tank who are all behaving normally. The perches however dont look like theyll be around much longer. Any Ideas?

 

[itschromesteel]

It just occurred to me that since they have been stuffing them selves on solely blood worms while i was gone. And my perches are pigs. That maybe they are constipated from all that protein. I recall that peas are a good laxatives for fish. I just don't know how i would get them to eat it. Sound plausible?