Someone please help. I think there's something wrong with my fish!?

Question

My fish is swimming vertically. My dad said something is wrong with it, but is it true. My fish looks something like this, [http://www.chicagokoi.com/images/st_platinum_ogon_12_01a.jpg], but it's a baby. Can you help please.

Answer 1

ya i ve seen it many time happen to my fish....i ll tell you a secret...fish hatch and heal only if they are secluded and warm....take some warm water in a big bowl n add a spoon of salt...put sum live bloodworms(small worms for fish diet....the worm s called like that in india ...dunno wats the name in your country) in it and leave the injured or sick fish in the bowl for two days....don go n check it out every few hours...leave it undisturbed for 2 days n it might do the trick whether its  guppy or garp or koi.....pray for the health of koi :-)

Answer 2

well i think your fish has a bone problem i meant maybe it got pressed and the bone became like this im very sorry but i think this   maybe permanent but in my positive taught

               hello its a baby so its ganna still live so maybe the bone might  heal

Answer 3

LOL don't worry, it's just swim bladder. A pocket of air in the swim bladder can cause them to float or swim funny.

Don't feed for about 2 days. Then feed normally and then try to incorporate live or frozen foods into it's diet. A small koi will enjoy blood worms and brine shrimp.

Also frozen pea's with shell removed is good for swim bladder.

Answer 4

if it's swimming abnormally and cannot right itself within the water column, then it probably has an issue with its swimbladder. this can be caused by several things including water quality problems, over-feeding/constipation or internal bacteria/parasitic problems. i would suggest it's probably a combination of overfeeding or water quality first before bacterial/parasitic. test the water (koi should only really be kept in ponds, in a tank while young they'd need heavily over filtered and highly oxygenated tanks of at least 55-75 gallons while small with view to move on to over 100 gallons).

perform partial water changes as needed. try and feed the fish cooked de-shelled pea, this will clear out its digestive system. then do not feed anything for several days and watch for poopy.

if it still has not resolved itself after this/has got worse, try some anti-internal bacteria medication (this is what any "swimbladder" medication is anyway).