Swimbladder disease! Need advice

Tinfoil_Anemone · Mar 13, 2022

Hey guys and gals.. got my two paired clowns setup in their quarantine tank after being shipped by live aquaria with no heat pack and them both lifeless at the bottom of the bag.... however now they are doing quite fine and swimming around but the larger one cant swim down and keeps flopping on his side always near the surface... in the morning when lights come on he is stuck to the overflow grill.. I am assuming he has some for of swim bladder disease brought on from the massive stress they went through.. but the problem is I cannot even get him to eat... I've tried dried mysis, frozen mysis, spirulina, tdo pellets.. how would you guys go about remedying this situation. Have you ever experienced it before??? I wish I didn't have to order the little guys but all the lfs here suck

blaxsun · Mar 13, 2022

Do you have any kind of acclimation box you could place him in? (at least so he isn't getting sucked into the overflow)

vetteguy53081 · Mar 13, 2022

I4Z said:
Hey guys and gals.. got my two paired clowns setup in their quarantine tank after being shipped by live aquaria with no heat pack and them both lifeless at the bottom of the bag.... however now they are doing quite fine and swimming around but the larger one cant swim down and keeps flopping on his side always near the surface... in the morning when lights come on he is stuck to the overflow grill.. I am assuming he has some for of swim bladder disease brought on from the massive stress they went through.. but the problem is I cannot even get him to eat... I've tried dried mysis, frozen mysis, spirulina, tdo pellets.. how would you guys go about remedying this situation. Have you ever experienced it before??? I wish I didn't have to order the little guys but all the lfs here suck

May be in part aggression . As for bladder, they are at risk of sucking air in a shipping bag but quickly recover
Is breathing normal or rapid?
Is skin color hazy or bright?
Are you able to get live brine shrimp?

Tinfoil_Anemone · Mar 13, 2022

blaxsun said:
Do you have any kind of acclimation box you could place him in? (at least so he isn't getting sucked into the overflow)

I just bought one today just in case. I wasn't sure if I should use it now or not but she had been stuck to the overflow a few times already.. she seems.. happier today swimming around more strong and what not but... still just no food intake and always ends up going tail up or on her side wheb she isn't trying to correct it