Swim bladder

[Weirdfish]

I may be jumping the gun, but it seems stupid to not take advantage of the vast knowledge available here.

All of my fish, 6 praecox rainbows & 5 silvertip tetras, are kinda swimming on their side. They seem to be able to hold position ok and swim perfectly well just tilted.

Now here is the weird thing, they are all tilting in the same direction regardless of whether they are facing me or swimming away. For instance, with the fish swimming towards me they tilt like this \ then when they swim away they are still tilting like this \.

My first thought was Oh No a bladder problem but I would have thought the fish would stay tilted in one position and therefore from the front look like \ and from behind /

Possibly grabbing at straws but they do tilt towards the external filter intake so maybe a current thing. They do seem better at the other end of the tank.

Problem or worring over nothing?

They have been in the tank since Saturday and have all done it from the start.

Also they are the first fish so I have nothing to compare.

water tests this morning Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate <10ppm before 10% water change this morning.

 

[Weirdfish]

Hmmmm, maybe the current thing wasnt such a straw grasping. I've just changed the filter outlet from the spray bar to the directional spout and it seems to have sorted it. I think.

We shall see.

 

[Guppylover]

Just keep an eye on them. You never know, one minute they seem ok them the next...

 

[Angry_Platy]

Whenever I turn the lights out my whiteskirt tetras swim at almost a 45 degree angle....lights go on...they swim upright....WEIRD!!!

 

[Weirdfish]

Whenever I turn the lights out my whiteskirt tetras swim at almost a 45 degree angle....lights go on...they swim upright....WEIRD!!!

Funny you should say that, I noticed that my silvertips where a lot better with the lights on.

As you say, weird