On Thu, 13 May 2004 23:14:34 GMT, Ross Vandegrift
wrote:

Hello all,

Been a while since I posted - got lost in an ISP switch. But
I'm back with a question for you all.

I've got a Serpae Tetra from my 30gallon planted tank that I
noticed was having problems swimming level in the tank. So, I thought,
better isolate him so his infection doesn't spread.

This was three weeks ago or so. He's in isolation, doing fine,
swimming around, but still not able to stay steady. He stays straight,
but it seems like his tail will just float away if he lets it ::-)

I'd like to get him moved back into the tank, since he does seem
kind of stressed in isolation.

What does everything think?

One of my 11 Serpaes has a similar problem. It swims at a 45 degree
angle. I moved it to my 10 gallon quarantine tank a month ago. My Q
tank is always populated, largely do to a large number of molly fry
which have become molly fish in the last 9 months. I also have a
large female platy that has a tumor behind her right eye. She has
been in the Q tank for about 9 months and then there is my runt Clown
Loach that just seems happy to have his own tank, so to speak.

I conclude that what ever brought on the swim bladder problem is not
contagious. I think of my Q tank as less aggressive and thus more
peaceful to fish that might not feel adequate to their other tanks
environment. Anyway, I am too uncomfortable watching the ailments all
day long. I want to do something for the ailing ones, but found no
way to correct their ailments, so I see them less in the Q tank, they
have less stress and the fish seem content.

I would not suggest not putting your fish in the general population,
competition can be a killer.