Not to pea :3
What brand of pellet are you feeding? The quality and amount can make a huge difference.
What brand of pellet are you feeding? The quality and amount can make a huge difference.
Having some swim bladder/constipation issues.
Hey peoples.
So the other day I noticed Norman floating around on the surface and tilting to the side. Quite odd for a fish, so I looked it up, discovered it could be a swim bladder thing or constipation. So we fasted him for a day. He was so much better, swimming like normal, hanging out at the bottom, doing his thing. We had been feeding him three pellets twice a day but I've now decided that was too much and was going to drop it down to two twice a day. Anyways, I fed him two pellets this morning since he was better, and now a few hours later he's stuck at the top again.
My question is since we have been feeding him so much for about a month now, would it be ok to fast him again for maybe two, three days? (read that on another site). That seemed to fix it until I fed him again. I know there is a treatment with some sort of salt, but I didn't want to buy that yet if I might not need it.
Also: peas. I've read a lot of things about giving them a thawed frozen pea that had been briefly cooked in tank water and skinned and quartered to help with constipation. I've also seen a lot of people on here hate the idea of peas. So my last question: to pea or not to pea?
So the other day I noticed Norman floating around on the surface and tilting to the side. Quite odd for a fish, so I looked it up, discovered it could be a swim bladder thing or constipation. So we fasted him for a day. He was so much better, swimming like normal, hanging out at the bottom, doing his thing. We had been feeding him three pellets twice a day but I've now decided that was too much and was going to drop it down to two twice a day. Anyways, I fed him two pellets this morning since he was better, and now a few hours later he's stuck at the top again.
My question is since we have been feeding him so much for about a month now, would it be ok to fast him again for maybe two, three days? (read that on another site). That seemed to fix it until I fed him again. I know there is a treatment with some sort of salt, but I didn't want to buy that yet if I might not need it.
Also: peas. I've read a lot of things about giving them a thawed frozen pea that had been briefly cooked in tank water and skinned and quartered to help with constipation. I've also seen a lot of people on here hate the idea of peas. So my last question: to pea or not to pea?
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Aqueon is one of the better alright foods... if you're willing, I'd run out and get either Omega One pellets (at Petsmart) or New Life Spectrum (co), for this fish I would gently suggest the NLS pellets, they make a small fish formula, the pellets are TEENY, and you could possibly spread his feeding out over the day to keep him from getting pressure on his swim bladder. Like 1 at 7, 7:30, and 8. Then another at 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30 and 7. Or something along those lines.
I would feed him about 4 a day, just spread it out as much as you can! Good luck!
Oh it's absolutely a swim bladder thing. What I assume is happening, is the food gets in there and presses up on his bladder, making him float/sink. Thus trying to minimize the amount of food in his stomach while maximizing food intake...
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