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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => The Emergency Room => Topic started by: Jwc on October 27, 2014, 07:39:20 PM
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Hi all one of my neon tetras seems to be swimming at a funny angle. I wouldn't describe it as on its side but it's definatly not swimming at a normal angle! Any ideas? I've checked the water quality and the ammonia was I hair high not by much at all really, but to be safe I've done a 60% water change. Anyone any ideas?
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It could be the ammonia, and the water change should sort that out.
But keep an eye out for any of the following:
red stripe looking bleached
blue area glowing yellowish
bent spine
lumps on the abdomen which go to a point
These, together with swimming oddly, are signs of neon tetra disease. Fingers crossed it was just the ammonia.
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Ok will keep an eye out for those. Will do a few water changed this week just to be on the safe side.
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just to update since doing a water change all the fish seem a bit more lively, although the ammonia was not really high at all it was according to my hagen kit just on the edge of safe so not overly a big concern. the one neon tetra i was concerned about seems to be missing an eye, could this be why he is swimming on the wonk?
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It could be. Once he gets used to it, he be fine with just one eye.
If the eye loss is very recent, ie the socket is raw looking, keep the water extra clean to help prevent infection getting in.
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It looks like a hole rather than old injury the fish is only 2 months old so I'm not sure whether it had its eye missing from birth or not, I thinking it's probably new as I would have noticed before it swimming funny without a doubt. No idea how it happened can't imagine any of my other fish attacking it they are all quite friendly.
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It possibly knocked the eye out on some decor, especially if it got spooked by something and shot off quickly without looking where it was going.
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Thanks for your help as usual. Will update if there are any other changes and hopefully it is a case of an injury rather than illness.
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Update! Yea it's definatly not very well. Swims like it's drunk upside down points down all the time you name it looks just like a stumbling drunk person! I assume it can't have long left. Should I be worried about the other fish? They all seem fine at the moment!
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Provided that is the only symptom (in other words, provided it's not Neon Tetra Disease) the other fish should be OK.
If you think the fish is suffering, you might want to think about putting it down. We would do this with a dog that was in obvious pain with no cure.
Euthanasia (http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,308.0.html)
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is it swimming head down or tail down ???