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I have a 3 year old Red Zebra and he is having swim bladder problems which I figure is a side effect to a bigger illness. I pinned it down to more than likely being TB. I know that at the point where his swim bladder is being affected that it is pretty much pointless. I am unfortunately not willing to give up on him. I have been treating him for about 3 days now with antibiotics and he went from being on his side to now being completely upside down. He seems to be feeling better and he tries to swim around the tank a round or two, but that is about it. I am sure his is really hungry b/c I quit feeding him in hopes that it was more of a digestive problem. Even if I do feed him he can't get the food. I put some by his mouth and he didn't even bother trying to eat. Has anyone had a chance of reviving a fish from a SBD?? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I will stop babbling now and post this. -BB

I've encountered swim bladder desease only once and it happened to my prized male guppy (won three local shows in a row). I succesfully cured it by adding acriflavine(the yellow stuff we use) and adding salt....pretty old methods but it worked...
good luck hope i helped

Are you treating in a hospital tank or the main tank?
Rather than witholding foods feeding fresh vegetable matter would have helped more for cleaning out any "digestive" problems.
Garlich is an appetite enhancer, you can try feeding garlic foods either from the LFS or make your own. Squeeze a few drops of pressed garlic juice on the food, or mix powdered garlic with a small ammount of water then mix in the food. If he is able to get a taste of it it should help. Oral meds would be better than treating the tank if you're able to get him eating.

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Thanks for all of the information. He ended up dying after about 2 weeks upside down. I couldn't get him to eat. I know more now so that I can keep my fish healthy before they get sick. Thanks all!
BB

angelman


acriflavine Is certainly an old treatment that was used to treat most bacteria problems in the past. I used to use it regually but it seened to have caused other problems.

Many years later I finally worked it out It certainly kills bacteria including all the good bacteria if it is used in a fully set up tank.

I would take the infected fish out and give it a good bath in a small container using the same tank water. If it was an open wound I would put it on directly from the bottle full strength.

Keith

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