I always found that their ballasts always used to go, so they'd end up lying on their sides on the bottom of the tank and then struggle around for a few days. It would be too painful to watch.

I rested the net on top of one of them for ages, trying to pin it to the bottom of the tank, so it couldn't move and would suffocate quickly. I left a towel over the bowl so I didn't have to watch and left it there for ages, then I went to check on it, move the net and it shot up and swam round for a wild 10 seconds and went back to struggling. That was the end of my fish keeping days.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

I always found that their ballasts always used to go, so they'd end up lying on their sides on the bottom of the tank and then struggle around for a few days. It would be too painful to watch.

I rested the net on top of one of them for ages, trying to pin it to the bottom of the tank, so it couldn't move and would suffocate quickly. I left a towel over the bowl so I didn't have to watch and left it there for ages, then I went to check on it, move the net and it shot up and swam round for a wild 10 seconds and went back to struggling. That was the end of my fish keeping days.

Showing a side to you I hadn't much noticed before...

I had a molly who had a problem with its swim bladder and kept bobbing upside down and struggling. I got some stuff to put in the water, you had to isolate the affected fish and just add drops of this stuff. It sorted the problem right out.

Originally Posted by Livia

Showing a side to you I hadn't much noticed before...

I had a molly who had a problem with its swim bladder and kept bobbing upside down and struggling. I got some stuff to put in the water, you had to isolate the affected fish and just add drops of this stuff. It sorted the problem right out.

I bet the fish was thinking "******ing hell mate, I only need a couple of drops and you're trying to pin me to the floor with a giant net".