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URGENT FISH QUESTION! Can I save my 'spinning' fish?! Please
Sorry if my question isn't exactly clear, but I'm in a hurry! I need to know if I can save my fish's life!
My sister bought an aquarium in March, and started buying her fish, etc. Her Black Mollies had babies, and she gave me four when they were medium sized, and I put them into their own tank. Two died awhile ago, and now I have two left. One was much larger than the other, and no matter how much I fed them, the larger one kept trying to attack the smaller one. I seperated them, and they seemed to be fine (I know it's a bad idea to keep fish alone, but that was my only option), but tonight the smaller one started acting up. It's swimming in circles, and I don't mean it's chasing it's tail - It's tumbling, doing 360s in the water, and faceplanting into the gravel. It's trying to burrow itself, and it lodged itself between the bubbler and the side of the tank, under a decorative rock about the size of a nickel. My sister told me a few days ago that a couple of her fish started doing this as well, but when she got home from work that night, the fish were still alive, and I haven't been able to ask her about it since. It took forever to dislodge it, and I figured at that point it was dead. But nope, it wasn't. I tried paddling in the water, to pull the current towards me, and the fish out, but he kept tryuing to get himself restuck. I figured he was trying to find a place to die, so I took him out and put him in a round bowl, with his bubbler, etc. I looked online to find what the problem could be, and I've found that it's most likely head trauma. Most websites said the spinning is either caused by very poor maintainance of the tank, or filtration, basic problems with the tank, etc. OR that the fish has experienced some kind of head trauma. Plants have never fallen on his head to my knowledge, nor has he jumped out of the tank, but I suppose it's possible that he ran into the side of the tank or something. Anyways, the tank is clean, the filter is working, pH is fine, whatever. So obviously, it is head trauma. I don't know what to do! I hate to see my fish suffering like this, but I'm not sure what else to do. I obviously can't kill him, and though I found some sites about humanely euthanizing fish, there are horror stories about people putting them in alcohol, and them taking minutes to die. Is there any hope for my fish, what should I do next?
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Oh my gosh how weird!! well i have a goldfish too, and 3 weeks ago 1 died from a natural cause and now i only have one left, he swims around the tank flipping up into the air and smashing into the glass, i was really scared so i asked my friend who is a vet, he told me that my fish is board and that is why he is doing it, maybe you should by another fish the same size so he can have a friend, i brought another fish last week and neither fish has acted up since, hope i helped.
Goodluck, Love Emily
P.S when i first saw my fish doing it i thought it was trying to commit suicide or something!!
and please dont put your fish in alcohol that is sooo cruel!!!
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First, you should probably call your local vet when they open. Most vets or assistants I've talked to will give a free phone consultation. If your sister's fish are doing this, maybe other fish in the area are too, and perhaps your vet will have heard about them.
With that having been said, there is the possibility that it's environmental. The fact that your sister's fish are doing it too, makes me think it may be a larger cause.
For instance, there have been some interesting sun-spots lately, with reversed magnetic polarity... And there's currently a coronal hole in the sun's atmosphere: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) and from what I understand, there was an M-class solar flare today. These sorts of things can disrupt the Earth's magnetic field. It's possible your fish's sense of up and down is being confused by magnetic fluxuations. Maybe some fish are more sensitive to it than others?
It's just a thought. But I'm not a vet, and you should call your vet before doing anything.
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