Caper Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 OMG...what next Sitting here watching TV look over at tank and one of my platies is doing "somersaults"...flipping all over the tank...then boom...drops to bottom...looks like he's dead...so, I get the net to get him out...and he starts flipping around again....then again, flops to bottom, then suddenly starts flipping around again... WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING...I don't want to loose another fish. He's dead I put a 2nd dose of melafix in tank today...can I test my ammonia, nitrites and ph with that added in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limegirl Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Unfortunately caper, I would say you are going to lose another fish ... I don't know what it is, but I have seen it before. I had a glass cat who started to do that. He lived for weeks, but he was circling and somersaulting and sinking. Eventually a friend took him away to "a better place". I would say since in my experience it appears to be a complete loss of motor control that it is a neurological disorder - either spontaneous or related to pressure due to pop-eye that internalises. I think it is probably natural and completely unrelated to water parameters or your care. Sorry mate - maybe I am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTM Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Unfortunately I'd have to agree with Limegirl, If you can, at least get the Platy out into a QT/hospital tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Limegirl when that happened...did it only happen to one fish in your tank???? I took him out...and there was nothing on the outside to indicate there had been anything wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limegirl Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Yeah - one fish. That was it. I never removed him from the tank, and no one else developed anything. I think it is just one of those things. I would even say it was like it had had a stroke, although he did gradually get worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 If you can, at least get the Platy out into a QT/hospital tank He's gone That was the first time I ever saw anything like that...and hopefully the last :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limegirl Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Sorry mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PENEJANE Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 I have got a sailfin molly doing the same thing. I noticed that the bigger one was picking on this one and the next morning it was bent and swimming about in circles. Now and again it would come right but then it would be right back to swimming about it circles and always in the same direction. It still feeds fine and is still alive and lately its been slowly comming right. There was a point where it was swimming either right on its side or upside down! lol. I have been told that its when their swimming bladder or lung has been punchered (thats going by the LFS info) as they showed me one that was doing it in their tank. Maybe it was the same thing for you. Its not fun to watch and it is horrible feeling soo helpless. Sorry for your loss Caper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polgara Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 We've had a couple of fish do this in our malawi tank... if a fish gets picked on their swim bladder or lateral line can be damaged which cause it to be unbalanced and swim all freaky... usually the fish will never come right and die fairly soon. Best thing to do is put the poor thing out of its misery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 When I removed him from the tank, there was nothing visible on the outside to indicate what happened to him. Strange though, before he died, when he would fall on the bottom his gills weren't even moving...nothing was then he'd just start flipping around again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polgara Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 hmmm yeah probably internal injurys like i described... the only thing that was ever wrong with ours was there fins being niped from the other fish when it was doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy family Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 sorry to hear it Caper. you have had some tough losses lately but hang in there, you are a good fish owner, trying to do all the right things. Sounds like there was nothing you could do for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 I had a male guppy that had a similar problem, I euthanised him right away when I realised something was up, it's just not worth it to risk the entire tank. As fishy family says though, don't feel too bad about it, it wasn't your fault. Things like this happen to the best of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helena Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 Hi Caper Same here a few weeks ago I had a black neon do that too. Couldn't see anything visible on the outside, put it in a hospital tank but only got worse. Layed on the bottom definitely looked dead next thing swimming round in circles, had to put it out of its misery. It was the only one. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 Thanks all Before I had fish, I used to think the worst thing would be trying to feed them without giving too much or not enough...but it turns out the worst is when they die Penejane...how's the molly doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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