i ve just noticedtodat that my male yellow lab has a look of stress a black beard across his mouth and is swimming on his left a bit can somebody help plz


ive changed 30% of the water this evening and tomorrow i will change the filter carbon the nitrate pouch and the amonia pouch { fluval 405 } external filter
ive also added stress coat is there much more i can do to save him as ive just introduced a female about 2/3 weeks ago ????????

Hi white tail acei, any idea of your water readings ph nitrite etc, i ask this because some time ago my yellow lab got this way and i tried evreything thinking it was ill but suddenly i had a lot of new fry in my tank, they seem to go darker when "the mood takes them" if you know what i mean... just let us know the water conditions if you can so we can try to help a little more, a pic too would be handy
Seamus

Hi, your male is exhibiting normal breeding behaviour, nothing to worry about, might wanna add another female as one alone with a male in full breeding colour will lead to her being constantly harassed by the male.

a viedo yeah 5 min tops

ah no video he is struggling to stay a float swimming in circles facing downwards

ive just changed my filters in the 405 fluval carbon,nitrate,amonia, cleaned my pads in water .......tank water

water seems to be running more sommth so maby this will help !!!!

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thats the video hope this helps

Is he swimming like this constantly or is it just sporadic?

I have kept labs for a number of years and never observed this kind of swimming behaviour! In my opinion the fish is sick rather than just acting "frisky"! However, I'm not able to identify what kind of sickness it is.

It there a lot of aggression in the tank? and could this be caused by physical damaged caused by other fish?

Regards

Denis

sporadic it seems defo not in barry white form seems to have improved since the filter change but thatwill take time to see maby it could be some sort of swim bladder problem ????????????

not much agression in the tank everybody has there little spot

I would say a swim bladder problem too.
You need to get a test kit & test your water. If you have a water quality problem a water change will only fix it temporarily.

Could also be constipated, maybe try feeding him a couple of cooked peas with the skin removed..