Is this swim bladder?

[revaltion131]

Hi all. Unfortunately the subject line says it all. I got this beautiful little Pintail Wrasse on Thursday of last week and he was a little awkward but not terrible for the first few days. Eating and otherwise appearing healthy but he started doing barrel rolls in the turbulence from a water change last night. He slept normally overnight, looked better this morning, but I came home from work to again see the barrel rolls while he was trying to poop. Is it swim bladder? Is there anything I can do?

I will say that I bought the fish from Zoa Collector and I could not be more pleased with the support he's supplied in trying to diagnose and treat the fish.


Thanks.

 

[GHsaltie]

@Humblefish @melypr1985 @ngoodermuth @evolved

 

[Humblefish]

Looks more like a spinal injury than a swim bladder issue.

@evolved @eatbreakfast for more input

 

[evolved]

Is it swim bladder?

Yes.

Is there anything I can do?

Unfortunately, not really. You can try a slew of antibiotics, but recovery rates from this state are past abysmal. Sorry. ;Sorry

 

[revaltion131]

Thanks a lot, guys. As you'd expect the poor guy didn't make it through yesterday. @evolved Should I have this happen again, do you have any preferred antibiotics to try? The vast majority of what I've seen on swim bladder concludes that in general there's nothing you can do but if I have a fish with it again it'd at least be nice to try something.

 

[ngoodermuth]

Swim bladder failure in fairy wrasses is more often a collection or handling issue than not. Honestly, there isn't really much you can try. Maybe a methylene blue bath- it's an antiseptic so good for injuries, and may help with ammonia toxicity or cyanide poisoning, not saying either of these are the problem here but it's worth a shot.

For antibiotics you could TRY the trifecta (kanaplex, metroplex, furan-2) but antibiotics are notorious slow acting in fish, and usually by the time they start these death spirals it's too late....

 

[revaltion131]

Thanks a lot ngoodermuth. I'll go for the methylene blue bath next time a fish arrives displaying these symptoms and give the trifecta a shot from the start next time a fish shows symptoms instead of waiting a few days as I normally do for the fish to settle in.

 

[evolved]

Swim bladder failure in fairy wrasses is more often a collection or handling issue than not. Honestly, there isn't really much you can try. Maybe a methylene blue bath- it's an antiseptic so good for injuries, and may help with ammonia toxicity or cyanide poisoning, not saying either of these are the problem here but it's worth a shot.

For antibiotics you could TRY the trifecta (kanaplex, metroplex, furan-2) but antibiotics are notorious slow acting in fish, and usually by the time they start these death spirals it's too late....

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