regarding my flowerhorn fish

Question
QUESTION: hiii!! my flowerhorn fish floats on top of the water straight sometimes mouth on top n tail down and whenever i moves closer to the tank to feed him then he starts playing with and also show is hunger towards the food he is behaving like this from the past month i am very much worried for him u pls help me i daily clean the tank but he repeats the same thing again sometimes he also acts as he trys to omitts some thing?????pls help me out

ANSWER: Krithika,
It sounds like your fish is suffering from swim bladder disease. Fast him for 2 days, on the third day feed him a shelled cooked pea cut into bite size pieces, then fast again for 2 days. Once a week, feed him the shelled cook pea. What size tank is he in? Does he have a filter? Does he have a heater and if so, what is the water temperature? How do you clean the tank? Why do you clean it every day? You should clean the tank once a week by removing 25% of the water replaced by clean conditioned water.

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QUESTION: thnks jaymie
my tank is 15inch length and 12inch height.my flowerhorn is 4inches long and i have a powerfilter which i on's when it is needed i have oxygen seperate in my tank whisch stays on continuesly n i use to clean my tanke aftr 20 to 25 days an if needed.whenever i change my water i add salt and chlorine remover thts it...jaymie u pls help nw my flowerhorn is fully dependent on you and i have also lost my 2 flowerhorn before withe the same air bladder diseases... i dont know why my flowerhorn faces this diseases i dont know where i am  lacking?????? pls help me out jaymie...n haan i dont have heater is there any issue with it...

Answer
Krithika,
I would stop adding the salt to his tank. It really is not beneficial to him to have salt his water all the time. Most of us fish keepers use salt only when the fish are sick or injured. The tank filter needs to be running at all times. I would turn it on and leave it running. However, if you do this, your filter will go through the cycle process and that can make the fish sick and possibly die. I would put him in your hospital tank while the other tank is going through the cycle process. This can take up to 6 weeks to complete. It is best to get a gravel vacuum and clean the gravel once a week and remove 25% of the water replacing it with clean conditioned water. The flowerhorn is a tropical fish and needs the heater running at all times. His water temperature needs to be between 80 and 85 degrees.  Try feeding him pellet food that sinks. This will possibly help him not to gulp air while eating. One reason the fish is sick is the lack of heater. Without one, they will stress, get sick, and possibly die.