Fox Face Buoyancy Problems

[1234-fishy-freind]

Hi guys
Well as some of you know, my fish are a bit ill at the minute.
My foxface has really bad bouyancy problems. First he was just swimming vertical, nose down. But now he is swimming fully upside down. I need some help or ways to deal with this.

Any advise?

josh

 

[VictorMeldrew]

mate, sounds like you got a real bad problem, foxfaces are a real good hardy fish when settled in, in my experience when a fish starts swimming in that way you will usually lose it, am sorry to say, mine did the same and died a day later, eventually found it sucked onto the powerhead. I had no idea what happened to mine, except a little black spot on it's side that appeared a couple of weeks before, could it be lateral line disease?

 

[1234-fishy-freind]

Mine did have a few black dots on its side also. My six line wrasse is lying on its side an awful lot aswell. I really think im going to lose all my fish.
I dont know if it could be lateral line as I always thought this was caused do to bad diet but he and the tangs are fed a good diet suitable for herbivores

josh

 

[scott133]

HI Josh

It sounds like you have an internal parasite and swimbladder what i would do is move all fish into a Qt tank and treat with copper but only do a half dosage eg 5ml in the morning and another 5 ml at night

what other diseases do the other fish have ??

sorry to say but your foxface wont make it throug the night

 

[1234-fishy-freind]

They did have what seemed like whitespot but thats cleared up. I did think it might also have been brooklynella.
Foxface made it through the night but is still looking really rough and I think the sixline is having the same problem. The fish are in a quarentine tank and im treating them.

josh