pattycr125

I have 3 zebra danios in my 20 gallon tank and they were perfectly fine along with the other fish and then over then course of about an hour one of them just started to have trouble swimming and staying balanced in the water and seems kind of tail-heavy. the only thing i can think of is that it's because i just bought a new kind of food (tetra color crisps). It will flash and dart in a downward spiral often getting stuck in between two plants and then just staying there as if it's dead.

The water parameteres are fine i just checked them last night.

I have put it into a tupperware container with some of the tank water and it has stopped flashing and is acting somewhat normal but i sometimes catch it lying on it's side on the bottom for a few seconds. I was thinking of maybe trying to feed it a pea later tonight because it wouldn't eat the last time i fed the fish. I don't see any signs of ICH or any other diseases

cichlidsmad

thats what happend to mine i had three as well then the first one died had the same symtoms as yours then the next one died the same way now ive only got one left and its a male the other two were females

pattycr125

i have no idea what is wrong with him now he is laying on the bottom breathing hard and just looking around but he willswim if you scare him and he trys to swim sometimes but it seems like he gets exausted and returns to the bottom. it couldn't be old age i have only had it for like 2 months, I am guessing it has swim bladder disease but thats just my guess, any other help would be appreciated . thanks

cichlidsmad

mine did that for a while then they just gave up and died

pattycr125

i have crushed his head he was getting worse every hour, laying on his back on the bottom barley breathing and not even attempting to move. kind of sad he was a really good looking zebra

cichlidsmad

sorry about ur fish hopefuly next time you have that problem you will know what is it and how to treat it

JD

pattycr125

ya it sucks i tried feeding it peas but it wouldn't touch them and i don't think it would have been alive long enough to get the appetite to eat them.