Hi

I've now lost 2 Glowlight Tetras to what I'm thinking is a swim bladder infection, as they stop being able to swim upright, lie on their sides on do lovely tail spins....

The first one I removed from the tank into a container and treated with aquarium salt, but he died after about 3 days.

The second one was found a bit off keel last night, and by this morning was dead.

so, what can cause swim bladder infections, and what can be done to treat it.

ta

i had similiar when i was trying to breed mine, but that was after putting them into another tank (was cleaned etc before hand)

still dont know what caused it to this day.

good luck sorting it out mate

Oh well. all my other glowlights have come down with it and within 24hrs are dead! I have 1 left but I don't hold out much hope. All my other fish are OK and this goes for the Neons as well.

Any info on what can cause such a rapid death?

Dave

How long have you had them for?

Out of my last 10 tetra's 3 survived....

This might help you out.

Just abit of Info on what causes SwimBaldder and how to treat it.

The Swim Bladder Disease

Do some of your fishes seem to be staying at the water all of the time? Whenever they try to swim downwards, do they seem to float back to the water surface? Or sometime they’ll even swim upside down as if they’re dead. If so, they might be suffering from a swim bladder disease/disorder! Of course, this does not apply to natural water surface dwellers.

What is a swim bladder?

Also known as the gas bladder or air bladder, it is an internal organ of a fish that controls its buoyancy. It is a gas-filled sac with walls that are impermeable to gases. By controlling the amount of gas in this sac, the fish is able to control its buoyancy.

Cause

There can be different causes, and different causes require different treatment.

Bacteria – A bacteria attack could cause inflammation at the epithelium of the sac, making the sac walls too thick for proper gas diffusion. Thus, the fish is now stuck at certain buoyancy, making swimming very difficult.

Diet – Feeding low-quality food that soaks up water and expand inside the fish can cause food impactions.

Shape of fish – Globoid-shaped fishes such as the Pearlscale Goldfish are especially prone to the swim bladder disorder due to their guts being all squashed up in their abdomen.

Treatment

First, tend to your water’s quality. Making sure the water quality is top-notch allows us to assume that it is not a bacteria attack. But if you strongly suspect it to be the cause, then do visit your local pet shop for an appropriate medication. For treatment towards the other forms of cause, first stop feeding the sick fishes for a few days. Fishes can go without food for up to 10 days, so stopping a few days is really all right. After the few days, if the fishes do not get better, try feeding peas. Yes, peas that we eat. This treatment is being recommended by many and is well worth a try. The peas will supposedly encourage the destruction of impactions.

Conclusion

Remember, always keep your water condition good and feed sparingly. This will keep the occurrences of swim bladder diseases to a minimum.

Hi

water quality is good.

Did stop feeding for a couple of days and just gave peas after we lost for second one. Then they all seemed ok.

Yesterday we noticed one of the larger ones wasn't really moving much, just stationary in the tank and another smaller one had trouble staying upright.

Moved 3 of them into a container floating on the top of the tank and added some Furan. Then this morning 2 were dead and 1 was still alive but still not good.

Food we've been giving recently is a standard container of tropical flakes bought from Animates.

We'll stop feeding and just put a couple of peas into the main tank.

Thanks

Dave