g.de_Miguel
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I have a low tech aquarium with Japanese Blue & Gold double sword guppies and shrimp that have been doing fantastic. My shrimp in other aquariums have been thriving because I feed blood worms to the fish so they eat them as well. Today I decided to feed my shrimp in the guppy tank some blood worms while the guppies ate dried flakes. Of course the guppies ended up eating some blood worms too. Now my favorite male is swimming erratically and is constantly swimming in a vertical position with his head upwards. I'm assuming it is swim bladder disease, but he's not floating or laying on the aquarium floor. He still swims all around the tank, but if not in a vertical position his movements look as if he is swimming against a current. Can this fix itself on its own? Or do I need to isolate him and feed him peas? There is no ammonia, nitrates, or nitrites in the water and the PH has been consistantly 7.4