Blue Chromis having trouble swimming

[Digicop]

for the last month this one fish appears to be struggling with buoyancy or swimming. His fins look fine. Any idea what is the problem and if there’s a fix?

 

[vetteguy53081]

for the last month this one fish appears to be struggling with buoyancy or swimming. His fins look fine. Any idea what is the problem and if there’s a fix?

Bouyancy appears to be an issue and I assume this fish is not eating ?
I dont believe its too much current and hard to tell if the fish is experiencing rapid breathing. Fish with gas bladders may develop buoyancy issues if the gas in the bladder is not being properly adjusted for the fish’s ambient water pressure. Additionally, gas may build up in the digestive system of a fish, also causing positive buoyancy. Symptoms of these issues include a fish that floats at the surface, struggling to maintain a proper position in the water, or once exhausted, may float at the surface upside-down.
Struggling to maintain a normal swimming position is relevant to swim bladder infection or similar iternal issue/symptom.
If severe buoyancy problems exist, the fish may not be able to feed normally or even reach the surface of the water. This disorder is sometimes caused by compression of the swim bladder, which may involve a distended stomach from rapidly eating, overeating, constipation, or gulping air, which is thought to occur with floating foods. Eating freeze-dried or dry flake food that expands when it becomes wet can also lead to an enlarged stomach or intestinal tract.
Other causes are :

• Trauma/Injury
• Bacterial infection
• Parasitic infection
• Stress/rapidly changing water parameters
• Poor water quality

Water change(s) may help and antibiotic should also help. Kanamyacin o neomyacyn should help great and best done in a quarantine tank

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

for the last month this one fish appears to be struggling with buoyancy or swimming. His fins look fine. Any idea what is the problem and if there’s a fix?

Seems to have a negative buoyancy issue - that is relatively rare (most fish that have issues like this are positively buoyant.

You say its been doing this for a month? I presume its still eating then?

Jay