Bala Shark problem

[ivebeencanceled]

Okay, so this evening my dad walked passed the 75g, and the Bala Shark freaked out and smashed into the glass, he hit it reallt hard, he sunk to the bottom and just sat there.
After awhile he started moving around, he eventually started to try to swim around.
He can swin around now, but he swims upside down, and in circles.
Im hoping he'll snap out of it, but i dont know..is there anything i can do?
Do you think he'll make it?

He's in my 25g right now, i had to get him away from those cichlids.

 

[Druu]

The impact could have fractured some bones in the skull and messed up his sense of balance. I do not have any personal experience with this in fish (only in owls), but I wish you the best of luck with him.

 

[ivebeencanceled]

It sucks, because he's smashed into the glass before, but never this bad.

 

[tapeworm]

Good luck, I think all of us have had this happen to us at one time or another, but like you mentioned, I've personally have never experienced them hitting themselves to the point they are swimming upside down. Hope it all works itself out. . .

 

[Ianab]

Not much you can do apart from look after him and hope it's just concussion. Do fish get concussed
Make sure that the other fish wont attack him while he hasn't got all his senses working.

Good luck

Cheers

Ian

 

[twk1]

Oh man! im sorry to hear about your bala.... sorry i don't know what you should do... but i hope he gets better! How big is he?

 

[DeLgAdO]

wait it out

he probably damaged something in his spinal column

 

[jasonjoiner]

i had two irredesent (spelling?) sharks do this and unfortinatly both of them died

 

[Absolute Aquariums]

i had one hit so hard i heard it from another room. He did the same thing you're talking about. He lived for about three days like that, then died. It was a nice 6" in a 75 gallon.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

The main thing which would cause a fish to swim off-balance is a damaged swimbladder, this should heal in time if its just phyisical damage, but if the fish cannot eat (because it cannot aim for the food properly) and gets very thin you should consider euthanising the fish.


Does this tank have a background picture and/or any planting?

Your tank stocking is not ideal, you have quite a few fish which will be unsuitable for it in the long term. Bala sharks are shoaling fish and do a great deal better when kept in groups of their own kind, having more sharks will reduce their skittishness.