please help

Is there a cure for aros who has problems on swimming, i think because there is too much air inside his body. His is usually just floating at the surface of the water with his back above the surface. Please help!

[trdsim]

Originally Posted by cco33

Is there a cure for aros who has problems on swimming, i think because there is too much air inside his body. His is usually just floating at the surface of the water with his back above the surface. Please help!

Is bloated stomach?

I'm not sure swim bladder problem can be treated. U probably manage it by keeping the exposed back wet to prevent infection. I don't know how to recommend medication.
If the swimbladder is recent, u may try internal bacteria treatment.
Not sure bros here got cure for it. We will discuss it here first. U may want to post at Aquamedic too & see the medic can advise.

what are you doing now to remedy this ? pls update so we can help u.

I've an experience before when one of my aros jumped out of the tank and ended with this problem.
How did yours happen?

[mamatboy]

wat i did is throw water half tank n put K leave den monitor it.....so far so gud..........

Thank you all for the concern. I don't know how it happened, but i guess it panicked coz' i found my overhead filter floating on top of the water. I don't think its bloated stomach since its his back that seems full of air that keeps him floating, he tries to swim to the bottom then goes back to its original position. I'll try to get pics if i can, but for now, i still haven't applied any medicine. Thanks to all again and please advise should you have any remedies to this kind of problem.

[Squid]

Hi Cris,

I've experienced that before when my aro tank water almost emptied out.
but mine healed by itself i just added a heater to the tank and also lowered the water level in the tank. I think normally happends when the aro injured itself.

hope your aro gets well soon.


Here's an article regarding how to treat swimmbladder problem in arowanas

http://arowanaclub.com/stories.php?s.../03/02/6700203

Sound like bladder problem ....

my aro have same problem, jump out the tank
than later i put it back it start to swim floating at the surface of the water
sometime it try to swim down but half way float up back the surface
and somemore last time eat like pig now eat very less
so wat can i do to help