Swim Bladder

[StarChildren]

my son's guy, zoom, is acting a little funny. he will sit at the bottom of the tank, lay on one of the plants or rocks, or lay on the heater near the top so he just has to lift his head to get air. I haven't seen him poop. when i feed him, he eats like a horse, like normal. off and on throughout the day he will chase the CAE all over the tank. sometimes it's like he is playing with the cleaner fish and will sit/lay on the bottom of the tank or a rock and wait for the CAE to swim by and then go after him. been like this for 2 or 3 days now i think. could it be swim bladder? old age? or is he just fine and just playing around?
thanks!

 

[Bubblenester]

He's probably just fine. How's his color?

Swim bladder will usually cause real difficulty swimming and a bloated stomach.

 

[StarChildren]

his color is fine, not bloated either, even with as much as he eats. i just remember reading somewhere that laying on the bottom and not being that active but still eating and all that were signs of swim bladder. my mom said he was playing possum with the cae cuz he gave up on trying to go after the snail cuz he kept hitting a hard shell.