My fish is spinning!

[fgump]

My molly just started spinning today. Yesterday it was swimming a little on it's side. Now it's spinning!

I'm guessing this is a swim bladder problem, or could it be something else? If it is a swim bladder problem, what do I do to fix this?

 

[silentskream]

i saw a fish in an LFS do this a couple days ago.. i'm curious as well.

it was doing a spinning torpedo type move.

 

[fgump]

For those of you who curious, here's a video of my spinning fish:



Any help on this please?

 

[Sammie7]

Whirling disease? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxobolus_cerebralis
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Fish-1472/molly-spinning-uncontrolably-1.htm

 

[smellsfishy29]

Not too sure because I don't know that much about fish...but it looks like a neurological disorder...somethings wrong with it's nerves or in it's brain. Did it die yet, because it looks like it's on the verge.

 

[satanpie]

wow, sorry about that, doesn't look to good, id be crying right now if that was mine!

 

[jagr200]

Thats no good. Watching that video was kinda hard because Im an animal lover and if that was mine I would have put it out of its misery already.

 

[fgump]

Wow, never heard of whirling disease. I hope that's not what it is :sad:

I just moved him to my hospital tank, just in case. If it is a parasite, would it effect him that fast? He just started swimming on his side yesterday. And this morning was the same. Then when I went to feed them after work today, is when I noticed him spinning like that. So it happened sometime between when I left for work this morning and when I got home (normal 8 hour/day job).