One day about 7-10 days ago I woke up and found one of my tiger barbs just lying on the bottom of the tank without any warnings signs the day before. It was eating, looked normal, and was swimming with the other barbs. I took it out and put it in a QT tank with a few caves thinking it would be dead within the day. Its been over a week with a few water changes and its still alive. It's still on the bottom though and keeps trying to swim. I've given it a little food, but have not seen it eat any. I added some Prazipro, but it doesn't seem to have had any effect. All of the other fish in the tank are doing fine. The fish still looks normal: no bloating, disheveled scales, ulcers, or signs of attack. Any ideas what is wrong or if there is any hope for recovery?
Barb on the bottom
- Thread starter matseski
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I get that from time to time with tiger barbs, they tend to pick one from the group and hammer it until it goes belly up; that's one possible reason.
Aside from that you could be looking at a bacterial infection, or just bad luck.
Aside from that you could be looking at a bacterial infection, or just bad luck.
The little guy is still alive and seems to have gotten itself off the bottom today. I've lost track of time but it's been 2.5-3 weeks of it flapping about on the bottom. It's still not swimming quite right, kind of looks really drunk running into things. Any ideas?