Lamarck's angel having trouble swimming

[Dante_JoseCuerv]

Ok people, so my little lamarck's angel is having a hard time swimming at random times. Is this something to worry about? What usually happens is my lyretail anthias will like nudge its belly and then it'll have one hell of a time trying to right itself up again. Other than that it swims fine.

Is something wrong with it or is this normal?

 

[Cord]

I'm not sure if that's normal behavior for that fish, but I would just make sure water quality is excellent, making sure specific gravity is between 1.021 and 1.025 and keeping it stable, keep the temp from fluctuating, do a water change, make sure your filters are clean and working well. In other words give it a healthy , stable environment and hope he heals himself. I'm not sure if it needs treatment for swim bladder disease (antibiotics) since the problem is intermittent. If he eats well, that is a positive sign, so give him some good food. Good luck.

 

[Dante_JoseCuerv]

Yeah, I've kept my water parameters spot-on. I'm really OCD about that, but for some reason it just has a hard time getting upright when it gets knocked by my anthias. Hmm so antibiotics? Ok, well I'll see how it does for about a week and if it gets worse I'll QT it and give it some antibiotics.