He was perfectly fine. Had him for 3 months he's colored up and marbled beautifully. I just got a new filter YESTERDAY squeezed the sponge filter I was using into the water and then put the new filter in, as soon as I put the new filter in sprinkles has been hiding under it head up to breathe, not swimming anymore (he used to be exploring 24/7 all day.) and or he is laying on his hammock. Why?? I can't even tell if he's swimming bad because he won't swim he's just staying still. He's been fasting for 2 days or so fed him one pellet yesterday though because I wanted to see if he would eat since he wasn't moving anymore and he didn't. What happened to my baby boy… No hate to my other but sprinkles holds something dearly to me. He's in a 10 gallon with a heater and gets fed 3 pellets a day 2 times. And he's been beautifully kicking it the past 3 months and now I don't understand what happened. My curious guy is just nothing..
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This, to me, looks like a swim bladder. This happened to one of my boys. What are your water parameters. Like temp, nitrite and nitrate, and ammonia? Do you do weekly to bi-weekly 25% -50% water changes? And do you vacuum the waste from the rocks in the bottom of the tank?