Vervo Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Hello, One or two discus fry are swimming upside down. Not sure what to make of this... thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 These ones generally don't make it It could be bacterial but I tend to think it is probably gill flukes Some get effected more than others,they swim around the top of the tank and are very dark in colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vervo Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 We have had a few of the dark top dwelling upside down fry you describe. However, the particular fry im talking about, is one of the largest, its a not dark color, it looks like what an albino would look like. And its not swimming upside down at the top of the tank. Its actually doing it at its Dads side. Then it goes and does big upside down loops in the water. Maybe it wants to be an pilot when it grows up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Sometimes the fry eat to much and have trouble swimming As the food presses on the swim bladder They don't seem to get full like us humans, they just eat themselves to a point where it sometimes kills them This is possibly what is happening,what are you feeding? It also could just be something bacterial the fry have picked up from the parents or from the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vervo Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Feeding fresh brine shrimp 4-5 times a day And they are eating off the side of the Dad Doing 2x 25% water change every day. After main feedings. They are looking kinda plump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 It won't be the brineshrimp then I find once they are on the ox heart they can go a bit stupid Its hard to know with out seeing the fish The fry go down hill very fast especially if they have gill flukes They probably won't make it and there is not alot you can do at such a young age As treating the fry at too younger age can be detrimental to there growth long term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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