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In the morning of the 14th, I woke up to see that my female angelfish had a large bump on one side of her abdomen. She was behaving normally. I reduced feeding to the entire tank (minimal feeding one day/no feeding the next). Thinking that she might be constipated, on the feeding days, I gave mostly mashed peas. I also tried frozen brine shrimp. No change after a few days and I hadn't seen her poop. (Her mate has been entirely fine as have all the other fish in the tank -- bnps, sae, otos, apple and assassin snails.)
Over the past week, she has, I think, developed a swim bladder problem. She swims vertically with head up and favours staying in a corner of the tank tucked up behind the filter outflow. I continued with the feeding regimen, kept the lights off, and wondered whether to try epsom salts. I don't have a spare tank big enough to move her into though.
Today (ten days later), the bump is gone (diminished over the past couple of days) and she is able to swim normally. When she's at rest though, she is in the same vertical, head up position.
I am particularly concerned because I haven't seen her eat at all during this time. I have tried to syringe food directly at her/in front of her face/above her mouth -- anything I could think of to help her get food. She either is not interested or is not able to get food into her mouth. Her mouth looks like it's working normally. There are no sores or other injuries on her. Her colour and her eyes look great. But she is getting thin.
Today, I took her out of the tank into a very small container that I use when doing water changes on my nano tanks (like a tupperware cereal container). I tried feeding her bloodworms. I laced her food with garlic. I tried just the normal flakes fed the normal way she would get them (out of my fingers just below the water surface). Nothing.
I'm really worried about her.
Advice would be welcome.
Over the past week, she has, I think, developed a swim bladder problem. She swims vertically with head up and favours staying in a corner of the tank tucked up behind the filter outflow. I continued with the feeding regimen, kept the lights off, and wondered whether to try epsom salts. I don't have a spare tank big enough to move her into though.
Today (ten days later), the bump is gone (diminished over the past couple of days) and she is able to swim normally. When she's at rest though, she is in the same vertical, head up position.
I am particularly concerned because I haven't seen her eat at all during this time. I have tried to syringe food directly at her/in front of her face/above her mouth -- anything I could think of to help her get food. She either is not interested or is not able to get food into her mouth. Her mouth looks like it's working normally. There are no sores or other injuries on her. Her colour and her eyes look great. But she is getting thin.
Today, I took her out of the tank into a very small container that I use when doing water changes on my nano tanks (like a tupperware cereal container). I tried feeding her bloodworms. I laced her food with garlic. I tried just the normal flakes fed the normal way she would get them (out of my fingers just below the water surface). Nothing.
I'm really worried about her.
Advice would be welcome.
