spotted congo puffer swim bladder issue?
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2026 4:25 pm
for about 2 months now he has been only sitting on the bottom he has done a complete personality change. he will swim around on the bottom a little bit he will barely get any height and then he ends up belly flopping back onto the sand. his appetite has been weird sometimes he won’t eat for days but then some random days he’s eating his snails right up. he cannot swim upward more than a few inches and after he tries he sinks back down gasping. he lives w 6 corydoras, a bristle nose pleco 2 long fin rams and some amano shrimp. all displaying normal behavior. i do weekly water changes and check the water parameters regularly with api master test kit. i suspected maybe parasites so i treated with api general cure and then i did two rounds of fritz expel p with no difference. l did 2 epsom salt baths for 20 minutes no change. I’ve also tried maracyn oxy no change. i’ve increased oxygen w a bubble bar as well. ammonia and nitrite 0 nitrate 20ppm. He lives in heavily planted 30 gallon tank. this aquarium has been set up for about 6 months and i cycled the tank before adding any fish.
