Fire eel likes to be upside down now....why?

Hi,

My 24"+ fire eel got bit up in his old tank so I moved him to my 350g with 2 rays, 1 large silve aro, 3 frontosa, a Jack Dempsy, and 2 red severums. He has been gobbling up shrimp and fish just fine but he rests on his back about 90% of the time. The only time he swims correctly is when he is eating. Is he just lazy or is something wrong? In his old tank, he would often be upside down when he coiled himself in driftwood caverns. Anyone experience this behavior with their fire eels?

I have had him for about 6 years and got him at roughly the same size. Never measured for growth.

One more thing is that he gets circular white splotches on his body.

Any suggestions, help, moral support would be aprecciated

Yeah, I have seen the rays top on the fire eel. IPs? Maybe I will soak some shrimp in prazipro and hand feed him. What do you think?

he has the same behavior as this eel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WtHD6h4C_4


I soaked a shrimp in prazipro and he ate it. Is there anything else I can be doing?

water is clean. 0-0-<10. I think it is a swim bladder infection from what I am reading. I moved him to a 110g last night. No lights, clean water, and dosed it with a melafix/pimafix combo and added salt. We will see if he responds to that.

Since he is still eating, I think I might try putting some epsom salt and perhaps a pea stuffed inside a shrimp. If still no improvement, maybe I can stuff an antibiotic in the shrimp. Anyone have a good recommendation for that?

I began treatment of tertrcyline. Soaked his shrimp in it and will feed for four days with water changes


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