Floating Gar(longnose)

"slippen" wrote in message
...
I have had my gar for over a year now and he lives happily with a
Convict.
Yesterday night I noticed that the Gar's back fin was at the top of
the tank
and his nose was still about 2 inches below the water line(where he
normally
hangs out) The Gar gets feeder guppies and the guppies don't usually
last
more than 5 seconds in the tank, I put one in and the gar hardly even
chased
it. The Gar's stomach looks rather big(plump) like when he has one too
many
feeder guppies. The gar is about 7-7inches and the convict is about
4inches. Any help would be great, I am thinking the Gar has some sort
of
infection in his stomach or bowel as he floats rather wierd and is
quite
plump. Nothing has changed in that tank for atleast 4-5 months. If
the gar
needs meds or something else please let me know....i'm in canada btw
for
availability.

Thanks in advance

Mike


If he is constipated, Epsom Salt sometimes helps. 1 teaspoon to each 5
gallons to start. The most that could help would be a total of 3
teaspoons per five gallons of tank water. good luck.