Whats wrong with my oranda

Question

I keep oranda's and one of them is swimming upside down, she's very healthy normally and even now she is lively and keeps trying to swim normally but keeps flipping over.

Does anyone know whats wrong?

Answer 1

Could be swimbladder problems or bloat.

Stop feeding your fish foods and only feed him green veggies. This will help if he has swim bladder problems.

If he has bloat, DO NOT add salt to his tank. Salt causes bloat in fish, especially goldfish. Salt does not allow these fish toprocess the water they absorb properly leading to bloat.

If you must use salt only use Epsom salt in the tank not rock salt, not table or aquarium salt.

Fish rarely die from swimbladder unless they cannot eat. Try the greens first. If he isn't righted the first 24 hours, then do a water change and only use epsom salts in the tank.

Answer 2

swimbladder disease add rocksalt with good aeration and no feeding for 3 days and observe for improvements

kOi keeper & goldfish keeper.

Answer 3

Yep, that's definitely the swim bladder. My first goldfish was an oranda and he had the same problem. There are a lot of crazy cures around, but I wouldn't really recommend some, so I think you should either take it to a vet, or call over a friend who has had fish before and may be able to help and give you better advice.

Answer 4

Feed it live or dried Daphnia, (water fleas). They clean the intestinal tract and can counteract any illnesses in fish,

Answer 5

sounds like a problem with her swim bladder, this affects their balance. To help you can give her shelled peas to eat and you can also buy a swim bladder medicine from pet shops which you add to water. Hope she gets better