Fish experts help!

ToastedFox

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I got a pictus catfish not to long ago.. and well 2 days later its swimming oddly(twisting and turning in the tank looks kinda like what I think is something wrong with its swim bladder), seems to be breathing really fast, and sorta jumpy.. \

I don't think my fish found a meth dealer so any suggestions?

I was planning to add one more pictus but right now kinda nervous and at 8 bucks a pop kinda costly..
 

chickadee

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its probably a shark then lol

if its floating at the top sorta then its lung could be bursted, probably gonna need to get it a new lung. so if your worried about 8 bucks you should be worrying about getting your fish to a doctor asap cuz this could be costly
 

ToastedFox

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I guess it could be worse really, I mean it seemed to have issues with swimming from day one practically, so I think they gave me a sick fish..

All the other fish seem fine, and no trouble at all.
 

metagrower

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Well, it's possible that the method in which he was brought home may have had him smack a hard surface laterally, which will pop a swim bladder pretty quickly. That would explain the erratic swimming. Sick? It's possible. Either way the store should give you a new fish. Where did you buy it from?
 

Wh00p

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Sorry Toasted :( My cat killed a hummingbird today... I like hummingbirds :(
if i see your cat im going to show it a picture of a hummingbird and then "cheese" it in the eye and watch the cat trip for an hour..Making it up to you by passing a B :)

(cheese= watch southpark lol)
 

ToastedFox

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Well, it's possible that the method in which he was brought home may have had him smack a hard surface laterally, which will pop a swim bladder pretty quickly. That would explain the erratic swimming. Sick? It's possible. Either way the store should give you a new fish. Where did you buy it from?
Petsmart, so I'm willing to bet it was sick. As for the bringing home I took extra care in making sure such things didn't happen.
 

SocataSmoker

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if i see your cat im going to show it a picture of a hummingbird and then "cheese" it in the eye and watch the cat trip for an hour..Making it up to you by passing a B :)

(cheese= watch southpark lol)

LOL! Give me that b man! Hey, why does my cat smell like urine!?
 

Twistyman

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*in a monty python voice* " This is a dead fish, this fish is deceased, no more"
sorry...Hope he makes it
 
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