Swim Bladder Disease

Just a few days ago we had a scare with Truck, one of our beloved goldfish.  I was nursing Chloe and about to put her in the bassinet, when I noticed that Truck was swimming kinda sideways and acting really skiddish.  By the time I text Michael and he came in the nursery to look at him, Truck was still completely alive, but floating upside down.  I wasn't sure what was going on, but Michael knew right away that something was wrong with his swim bladder.  So naturally, we googled it to find out exactly what was wrong with Truck.  The first info Michael found was that Truck wasn't going to make it.... so then the discussion of what do we do and how do we tell AJ that he only has two fish now began.  Michael was set on flushing him and trying to hide it from AJ.  I wasn't convinced that he wasn't going to make it so I googled it a little bit more and realized he had swim bladder disease, which is completely curable and Truck would be just fine with a change of water and some frozen peas.  Phew - the dreaded conversation with AJ would not have to happen - huge relief right there!

Fast forward to today and Truck is completely fine!  But through this whole ordeal, I realized I don't have any recent pictures of our fishies!  So without further ado... here are Cow, Truck and No-Name!

From Left to right... Cow, Truck and No-Name

Close-up of Cow and No-Name

 

Truck and Cow with No-Name hiding in the background

This picture shows a little bit of the size difference and how HUGE Cow is.  He is a tank!

Hi Cow.

Going after the same piece of food!

No-Name is so small compared to Cow and Truck.  Poor thing!

 

Truck.

No-Name and his reflection.

I love how perfect Cow's fins are.   

Our three sea creatures!  We love them so!