EMERGENCY!!! Mandarin’s stomach bloated

[Lui1521]

Still swimming but upside down

Stomach bloated and belly sticking out

Just fine a few hours ago

 

[scriptmonkey]

Good luck, lets get you some visibility #reefsquad!

 

[4FordFamily]

Is the fish very bouyant? IE unable to swim or stay off the surface?

If so I suspect swim bladder issues. The best solution is to lance, or hope for the best.. not easy to do...

 

[Lui1521]

Good luck, lets get you some visibility #reefsquad!

Thanks

 

[Lui1521]

Is the fish very bouyant? IE unable to swim or stay off the surface?

If so I suspect swim bladder issues. The best solution is to lance, or hope for the best.. not easy to do...

Yes very bouyant and unable to swim back down

 

[4FordFamily]

Yes very bouyant and unable to swim back down

Yup. Swimbladder. That bulge is the swimbladder.

 

[Lui1521]

Is the fish very bouyant? IE unable to swim or stay off the surface?

If so I suspect swim bladder issues. The best solution is to lance, or hope for the best.. not easy to do...

Like poke it with a needle?

 

[scriptmonkey]

Is the fish very bouyant? IE unable to swim or stay off the surface?

If so I suspect swim bladder issues. The best solution is to lance, or hope for the best.. not easy to do...

Thanks @4FordFamily

 

[4FordFamily]

 

[chris85]

A syringe tip is best.

 

[cracker]

Good Man 4 Ford ! Very good video .

 

[Lui1521]

Do you sedate the fish?

 

[4FordFamily]

Do you sedate the fish?

Not when I tried it, although I was unsuccessful. They go nuts when you first get it but a quick lance and removal should work.

Some have used clove oil to sedate but it’s also used for euthanasia. I don’t have experience with it for sedation.

 

[Hermie]

I feel compelled to say, I would encourage you to euthanize it if you are not extremely comfortable with medical techniques... I have just seen more fish die slow deaths than necessary and prefer to end their lives peacefully and with less stress

 

[Lui1521]

Not when I tried it, although I was unsuccessful. They go nuts when you first get it but a quick lance and removal should work.

Some have used clove oil to sedate but it’s also used for euthanasia. I don’t have experience with it for sedation.

I was able to take some of the air out. Good thing we have a stash of syringe. She not as bouyant now but seems like i did not get all of it out. She’s in a quarantine now that has been running for a while. So she will have a good amount of food there.


Another picture of her before the procedure

 

[4FordFamily]

I was able to take some of the air out. Good thing we have a stash of syringe. She not as bouyant now but seems like i did not get all of it out. She’s in a quarantine now that has been running for a while. So she will have a good amount of food there.


Another picture of her before the procedure

Great work!

Did you hear it come out? It should come out if you got some air out, usually it only takes once.

How long did you have it?

 

[scriptmonkey]

Been following. Please keep us updated as this progresses. Hope the little guy pulls through.

 

[scriptmonkey]

@Lui1521

How is the little guy?

 

[Lui1521]

The fish died yesterday. I think her constant need for food made it faster for her to pass away.

 

[scriptmonkey]

The fish died yesterday. I think her constant need for food made it faster for her to pass away.

Sorry man. Just know you did everything you could and that its suffering is over.