over the past few days one of my white cloud minnows has been acting strangely, nothing has changed in the tank and all the other fish have nothing wrong with them, He has been swimming about upside down and backwards in circles and he's all wobbly can't seem to control himself in the current, but he's eating any one know what the matter is.
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First thought is test your water. What is your ammonia, what is your nitrite? These fish like cooler temperatures as well (8.0°C - 22.0°). However, as it is just the one showing symptoms, that may indicate a specific problem to its swim bladder or other part of its body.
Sorry this probably doesn't help much but good luck,
Eager
Sorry this probably doesn't help much but good luck,
Eager
I try to isolate a fish with terminal symptoms, even if I don't have the heart to euthanize him. No sense in spreading it around...
i haven't got anywhere to put him and i don't have the heart to just put him in a bowl. He was stuck against the filter earlier for ages. Thougt he had died, but then suddenly sprung back to life, and then had about 4 fits and wobbled off again. Does anyone know what is causeing this, it isn't affecting the other fish and i can't euthanise. Would flushing him down the toliet help or is that just making it worse.
Sorry, just wanted to get that last post in there to let you know. One author has called flushing akin to drowning a sack of kittens, due to the fact that your fish may suffocate in anaerobic conditions and be as aware of it as fish can possibly be. If you want to put your fish to sleep, put him in a carbonated beverage and then stick it in the freezer. The carbonation will act as an anaesthetic and the freezer will slow his respiration until he peacefully passes on.
With all due respect, listen UP.
THE MOST HUMANE WAY TO EUTHANISE FISH IS TO PUT IT IN 1:4 or 1:5 solution of WATER AND VODKA. THIS IS FROM ICHTIOLOGISTS (Fish scientists).
I have researched the topic carefuly after I realised
that when I had to kill my beautiful Orenda I froze
the poor thing in a freezer. I feel so bad about doing
it that way. DO NOT REPEAT MY MISTAKE.
THE MOST HUMANE WAY TO EUTHANISE FISH IS TO PUT IT IN 1:4 or 1:5 solution of WATER AND VODKA. THIS IS FROM ICHTIOLOGISTS (Fish scientists).
I have researched the topic carefuly after I realised
that when I had to kill my beautiful Orenda I froze
the poor thing in a freezer. I feel so bad about doing
it that way. DO NOT REPEAT MY MISTAKE.
The same thing happened with all my angel fish, they were swimming the same way and the all eventually died.
hey again old friend
partyanimal, firstly good 2 hear from u. but b better under better circumstances. euthanasia is the best thing for this fish, as i used 2 hav this problem - i wont go into the details, but yes it leads 2 death. only, this death is a slow one. the problem lies within the swimbladder, it is possible that it has taken in too much air, and has overinflated it, or more likely the swimbladder has been damaged in some way or was deformed from birth leading to the problems you are experiancing in its later life. the most humane way of euthanasia is to hit the fish over the head with a hammer. do not leave them out of water, boil them, freeze or anything like that...anastetics are the best, but u hav 2 obtain them from a vet...cost and hassle is out of this world! alcochol acts as a slow anastetic, and prolongs the death, so i wouldnt recommend it. no point seperating the fish unless it falls 2 a disease due to its weakened resistance thru stress, as the swimbladder problem cannot be passed on, except possibly 2 offspring if it is a deformity. there is no way of treating this...hope this helps.
partyanimal, firstly good 2 hear from u. but b better under better circumstances. euthanasia is the best thing for this fish, as i used 2 hav this problem - i wont go into the details, but yes it leads 2 death. only, this death is a slow one. the problem lies within the swimbladder, it is possible that it has taken in too much air, and has overinflated it, or more likely the swimbladder has been damaged in some way or was deformed from birth leading to the problems you are experiancing in its later life. the most humane way of euthanasia is to hit the fish over the head with a hammer. do not leave them out of water, boil them, freeze or anything like that...anastetics are the best, but u hav 2 obtain them from a vet...cost and hassle is out of this world! alcochol acts as a slow anastetic, and prolongs the death, so i wouldnt recommend it. no point seperating the fish unless it falls 2 a disease due to its weakened resistance thru stress, as the swimbladder problem cannot be passed on, except possibly 2 offspring if it is a deformity. there is no way of treating this...hope this helps.
There is quite a bit of evidence suggesting fish dont feel pain. Probably didnt matter either way.