Spider8ait
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi
I noticed my male swordtail not being his usual self this evening and upon taking a look discovered he appears to have injuries. It looks to be a possible cut just behind his right pectoral fin and some pulled scales in addition to possibly some sort of knock to the head.
I’ve isolated him and treated with what I had on hand (pimafix) and placed a pump with an air stone to add some extra oxygenation to the water.
I have a photo of him but for whatever reason it’s uploaded upside down.
Initially he was ‘wobbling’ a bit when he swam and was at the surface gasping and generally not wanting to swim around like he usually does. I checked him again a few hours later and noticed his swimming and behaviour has improved a lot, he’s not gasping anymore and is able to keep himself upright rather than ‘wobbling’ around now.
Any advice would be great.
His tank mates are 1 female swordtail (who I assume beat him up), 3 Cory catfish, 2 bristlenose plecos, 3 Siamese algae eaters and about 6 shrimp (red nose shrimp and Darwin algae eaters)
I noticed my male swordtail not being his usual self this evening and upon taking a look discovered he appears to have injuries. It looks to be a possible cut just behind his right pectoral fin and some pulled scales in addition to possibly some sort of knock to the head.
I’ve isolated him and treated with what I had on hand (pimafix) and placed a pump with an air stone to add some extra oxygenation to the water.
I have a photo of him but for whatever reason it’s uploaded upside down.
Initially he was ‘wobbling’ a bit when he swam and was at the surface gasping and generally not wanting to swim around like he usually does. I checked him again a few hours later and noticed his swimming and behaviour has improved a lot, he’s not gasping anymore and is able to keep himself upright rather than ‘wobbling’ around now.
Any advice would be great.
His tank mates are 1 female swordtail (who I assume beat him up), 3 Cory catfish, 2 bristlenose plecos, 3 Siamese algae eaters and about 6 shrimp (red nose shrimp and Darwin algae eaters)