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My Blue Gourami, who is like 4in long is having trouble swimming upright. In examining him, I see no external problems and he looks completely healthy. He'll stay still and is able to hover along the bottom of the tank but soon as he drifs away from the bottom he cant keep upright. Its been two days and it was a sudden thing. Anyone know what the deal is?

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sounds like swim bladder to me

Try this first, go get some green peas, warm them to room temperature, mush them between your fingers and popped them into the tank, keeping the shells out or pulling them back out (I always seem to drop them in) This usually helps the little guy....

If that doesn't help there is a type of algae sheets you can buy (I think PetSmart sells them) and give him some of that each day, I know CoryDi (I think it was CoryDi) had a similar problem with a goldfish and the algae sheets helped the problem...best of luck, heidi




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Peas should help, the important thing is to treat quickly, and try and find out what the root problem might be. If it's a new addition it could have just been in bad water quality @the store. You may need further medications if it becomes too far advanced. Most likely it's just a small ammount of constipation from overeating. It's often seen after a heavy protein feeding among some fish. I'd still keep a close eye on it for a few days after you see any improvement. And a few peas on occasion won't hurt.

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come to find out it was my nitrates that has affected him. Now that I have the nitrates under control, is there any chance in saving him? He still is doing the same thing but I don't know if I can save him, however he is still breathing well & looks healthy & he even eats regurlarly but still cant swim straight. I lost a bulldog pleco but no other fish has shown any affects. Seems weird that the two biggest fish in the tank were most affected.

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