Feebs
Aquarium Advice Newbie
My black Moor, Bart is 8 years old and I can’t work out what’s wrong with him
Hi everyone !
I’m so glad I found this page. I’m very excited to be here.
However I come with sad news.
My black Moor, Bart is 8 years old and I can’t work out what’s wrong with him.
He’s always been very happy and healthy - I’ve tri d to get him fish friends before but he’s a savage and eats them.
Anyway, for the last 3 days he’s been on side side on the bottom of the tank.
I immediately cleaned the tank and changed the water and checked all levels - all normal.
I feared swim bladder so I haven’t fed him - tried to feed him peas but he eats them off my finger but then spits them out - same with his normal food.
Every now and again he tried to swim but can’t get off the bottom. It’s heartbreaking.
I then noticed his tail was looking a little scraggly so I’ve been to the vets and added in treatment for fin rot.
When he’s struggling I help him up to he middle of the tank and let him go and he swims off fast but diagonally downwards.
I made him a little harness on a ping pong ball so he can have ‘swim time’ so he doesn’t have to be on the bottom all the time and he gently flaps about and swims around in the harness.
I don’t know what else to do :/
Please help. X
Hi everyone !
I’m so glad I found this page. I’m very excited to be here.
However I come with sad news.
My black Moor, Bart is 8 years old and I can’t work out what’s wrong with him.
He’s always been very happy and healthy - I’ve tri d to get him fish friends before but he’s a savage and eats them.
Anyway, for the last 3 days he’s been on side side on the bottom of the tank.
I immediately cleaned the tank and changed the water and checked all levels - all normal.
I feared swim bladder so I haven’t fed him - tried to feed him peas but he eats them off my finger but then spits them out - same with his normal food.
Every now and again he tried to swim but can’t get off the bottom. It’s heartbreaking.
I then noticed his tail was looking a little scraggly so I’ve been to the vets and added in treatment for fin rot.
When he’s struggling I help him up to he middle of the tank and let him go and he swims off fast but diagonally downwards.
I made him a little harness on a ping pong ball so he can have ‘swim time’ so he doesn’t have to be on the bottom all the time and he gently flaps about and swims around in the harness.
I don’t know what else to do :/
Please help. X