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[Firefly_Dreamer]

I would like to join, but i have a very serious and urgant question about my fish. i really don't want my koi of six months to die. I think he has swim bladder disease. I was wondering if there was a cure (i have a seperate thread on this, but i need an answer ASAP. Or does it go away by itself. My shubunkin is picking on him right now. My dad wants to drown him in bleach which i greatly dissapprove of.

[[axolotl]]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swim_bladder_disease
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/disease/swimbladder.php
http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/problemsolving/p/swim_bladder_disorder.htm
http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/Swim%20Bladder%20Disorder.html
Feed him frozen (blanched) green peas with the skin off, if he's still eating. Just out of curiosity, what size tank is he in?

[Firefly_Dreamer]

well, a 40- something gallon until he's big enough to move to my aunt's pond. i grow her koi for her pond, but i got attatched to this one. she needed a male so she could breed hiw with gracie, their all white one.

How do i take the skin off of peas and do i need to defrost them?

[[axolotl]]

Yes, soak them in warm water for a while. Put them in a plastic bag though (a ziplock will do) and then let them sit in hot/warm water. To take the skins off, you just have to pinch them and the skin will stick up, and you just have to pull on it.

[Firefly_Dreamer]

doesn't that squish the pea? and how do i get him to eat it? i'm not sure if he'll eat. if he's floating head up can i juststick them in his mouth? can i use canned peas instead. i do not believe my parents have any frozen, however i would go out and buy some if i need to.

[[axolotl]]

Canned peas won't work, they're in brine. Is he eating? They float naturally and normally if a fish is hungry they'll eat it.

[Firefly_Dreamer]

i have no clue. he ate last night, but i've been afraid to feed him.

[[axolotl]]

Try the peas. If he doesn't eat them in ~10 minutes, take them out.

[Firefly_Dreamer]

um, i don't have any. is there an alternitive. i mean i have some in a mixed vegetable mix and my mom said i'd ruin a whole bag of vegetables and told me know. if i wasn't sick from school to where my mouth hurts so bad that i can't talk, i'd go out and buy some. i dont think anyone would go pick some up for me.

[[axolotl]]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110712125941AATbuIj
Just soak them in hot water if they're salted. If unsalted, you're set.