'Floating' Danio

[batman669]

I have a danio that is 'floating' at the surface. It can hardly swim below the surface of the water. When it stops swimming he floats back to the surface. I have always noticed the danio hanging around the surface of the water, but never this bad. The danio is 'floating' so badly that you can see the top of his body break the surface. Is there anything that I can do? What can be done to prevent the other danio from 'catching' this? Anything would help!!

Thanks,
batman669

 

[Mickslack]

I have a danio that is 'floating' at the surface. It can hardly swim below the surface of the water. When it stops swimming he floats back to the surface. I have always noticed the danio hanging around the surface of the water, but never this bad. The danio is 'floating' so badly that you can see the top of his body break the surface. Is there anything that I can do? What can be done to prevent the other danio from 'catching' this? Anything would help!!

Thanks,
batman669

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As a procaution i would put him in a quarantine tank i just use a jar wiv an airstone suspended in the main tank for guppys as it does not stress them to much. does the fish breath heavy at all or does he breath from one side, or does he rub the gill against a object in the tank?

 

[batman669]

I have a danio that is 'floating' at the surface. It can hardly swim below the surface of the water. When it stops swimming he floats back to the surface. I have always noticed the danio hanging around the surface of the water, but never this bad. The danio is 'floating' so badly that you can see the top of his body break the surface. Is there anything that I can do? What can be done to prevent the other danio from 'catching' this? Anything would help!!

Thanks,
batman669

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As a procaution i would put him in a quarantine tank i just use a jar wiv an airstone suspended in the main tank for guppys as it does not stress them to much. does the fish breath heavy at all or does he breath from one side, or does he rub the gill against a object in the tank?

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Breathing seems normal. The fish just can't swim very far from the surface (if at all). Seems to be stressed only for the swiming fact.

 

[WILDER]

Need to no water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph, does the fish look bloated, what does it look like when the fish goes to the toilet, what do you feed the fish.

 

[Mickslack]

Breathing seems normal. The fish just can't swim very far from the surface (if at all). Seems to be stressed only for the swiming fact.

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Yep sounds like water quality if it is not that the danio could be living with an injured gill though illness in pasy with you or at the LFS

 

[jimbooo]

if he looks anything like this dont worry

this guy has been floating for at least 8 months, fed shelled peas (he's eaten hundreads, still floats and chases anything that comes near.

he seems happy enough and can "dive" to get food. as soon as he stopps paddling he bobs back to the surface like a cork.

i'm stumped but he's happy enough

 

[riogal_11]

Could it be a swimbladder problem. I'm pretty sure that is one of the common symptoms for that? Either staying on the bottom or just the opposite, as you have talked about. I'm not real sure, but I suppose it's a possibility.

 

[ncjharris]

I would suggest looking into swimbladder.
Sometimes, it affects fish but can not be fatal, I would hazard a guess thats the case in the pic of the danio above.
Usually when it strikes it stops fish being able to swim properly, which leads to stress and a secondary infection.

Find an internal anti-bac treatment that works on swim bladder,

 

[riogal_11]

I'm glad someone seconded my opinion. I'm always worried to suggest something, as I'm afraid of being totally off, and in this case noone had yet mentioned swimbladder. Good advice. It is so sad to see a fish have this, hopefully you can figure out for sure what it is, because swimbladder normally gets worse before it gets better, at least in my experience.

 

[MarkOne]

Would definately check and post water readings if you havent already