My fish looks fine, but can't seem to swim down?

Question

I have a south african chiclid. He looks perfectly fine. But he is having a hard time swimming. It is like the back half of his body wants to float up. So he has just been hanging at the top and only swims down when forced to by other fish that are messing with him. Is there anything I can do for him?

Answer 1

Sounds like swim bladder disease. I have never heard of this in a cichlid, but that what it sounds like! You should thaw out a pea. Take the sheloff and break it into bite sized peices for him. Feed this to him once a day and he should get better!=)

Answer 2

Sounds like swim bladder disease. It is common in fancy Goldfish.

Look up swim bladder disease. Check out these links.

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/disease/...

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/in...

Answer 3

its swim bladder disease just cook peas then peel em then mash them then feed em to your fish!!! =D dont feed them to much!!!

swimm bladder disease can be caused by overfeeding and loss of air in the air bladder