darius swimming issues?

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shern

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Oct 17, 2023
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greetings all, my new NTT fat has been doing pretty well and established himself as the dominant fish in the tank after a couple weeks and now he swims up to me whenever i walk by, problem is whenever he swims he has a slight tilt on the left side so he’s swimming slightly sideways, he’s health and params are 0/0/55. thoughts? or does he just like swimming like this.

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Doesn't look odd to me. If that fish didn't list to the side it would have an xlnt view of the inside of that log. Listing to the side gives it a greater field of vision.
 
A video would add some clarity here, from a picture it just looks like he is inspecting his surroundings.

If you drop food in the tank does he charge it oddly as well? That would worry me but otherwise it doesn't seem like an issue.
 
apologize, quite hard to get a video because he's still new and shy but whenever he goes up to me he is usually sideways, otherwise he usually swims upright. no swim bladder issues or imbalances from my view but still curious.
 
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