Frantic Swimming, Floating

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Okay I just noticed he was not like himself, his backside was floating a few hours ago and now he's floating all together, I thought it was just constipation or something, but I changed 50% of the water and now he's swimming frantically like he's trying to get air all in one spot, i'll film a video of it and send it in about 10 minutes. But for now please help.
 
Do you have an airstone? Also what is you substrate? How is your tank setup and cleaning routine
 
Olivia97 said:
Do you have an airstone? Also what is you substrate? How is your tank setup and cleaning routine
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I have a small airstone till I gather the money to buy another one.
I've got large frogstone as the substrate and I clean about 20% of the tank water every 2 weeks.

I'll post pictures in a sec.
 
Do you test your water parameters? How big is your tank?

Frantic swimming is almost always a sign of poor water quality.
 
brethrend said:
I have a small airstone till I gather the money to buy another one.
I've got large frogstone as the substrate and I clean about 20% of the tank water every 2 weeks.

I'll post pictures in a sec.
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large stone are notorious for hiding bits of uneaten food/gunk etc.which wreaks havoc on your water parameters. I would also say that 20% is not enough every 2 weeks. Do you use a filter, if you do, do you clean it?
 
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