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HELP !!!

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Question
I have a 6 months old silver angel fish ,for the past five months it seemed to be pretty avtive , until i discovered a serious problem wit my fish , i have pet it in a bowl , and now since 3 weeks it lies flat on the bottom , wit jus the mouth moments its rarely seen comin even in the middle of the bowl , i dont understand the problem with it please help !!!

Answer
Hi Abdul;

Your angel really needs to be in a regular tank with a filter or at least with air bubbles in the bowl for oxygen. Change his water every day so his wastes aren't poisoning him. If he has had trouble swimming and can't seem to stay upright in the water, his swim bladder may have failed. There are many causes for it including constipation, infection, cancer, shock, and injury. Let me know what his symptoms were before you had to remove him from the main tank with the other fish.

I need more information about your tank and your other fish in order to help you more;

What was the original problem in the tank with the other fish?
What size tank are they in?
What kinds of fish are they?
How often do you clean the tank?
How much of the tank water is replaced when you clean the tank?
What kind of filtration does your tank have?
What kind of food do you feed them?
How often do you feed them?

Let me know and hopefully we can figure out what's going on. ..

At Your Service;
Chris Robbins