Sick Tang, Swim bladder disease?

[TonyCash]

Orange shoulder tang, swimming erratically, often upside down and breathing heavy.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Orange shoulder tang, swimming erratically, often upside down and breathing heavy.

No, that isn’t a swim bladder problem, the fish is actually negatively buoyant. The term for this is “moribund”, close to death. There won’t be anything you can really do for it, but you’ll ant to ensure whatever is going on isn’t contagious to your other fish. Below my name here is a link to additional background info we’ll need to take a deeper dive into this for you. If you are on a phone and can’t see the link below, there is another link to it at the top of the fish disease section.
Jay

 

[TonyCash]

He died shortly after I posted.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

He died shortly after I posted.

Sorry, as I mentioned though, you need to consider damage control in case he had something infective….
Jay