My Birchir is injured. What do /can i do and does any one know what he's done?

[Jake Bailey]

For the past couple of weeks, my Birchir (of unknown species) has began to curl up and swim without the use of his fins, causing him to swim quickly into glass, rocks and all sorts of things on the tank. It seems he can't straighten his body, and it hasn't seemed to get amy better. Any ideas, feel free to ask questions?

And what do you think is the most humane thing to do?

 

[Jake Bailey]

Apologies, jist realised my spelling was incorrect, bichir*

 

[Angelphish]

Broken back? This happened to my very first one after getting sucked up into a hob, although it only lived ten minutes longer.

 

[DerpyCichlid]

Can you provide more pictures and the water parameters?

 

[Beetlebug515]

Oh man. I honestly don't know about this one. Maybe Frank Castle , tlindsey , or P predatorkeeper87 could chime in on this? Prognosis doesn't look great.

 

[kno4te]

Looks to be a result from injury. What are ur tankmates? What's ur filter setup? Water parameters?

 

[CarpCharacin]

Have you had any heaters fail? It appears that his symptoms were caused by electrocution.

 

[Beetlebug515]

Honestly, I would cull him and be done with it. For your sake and his. Only problem is, bichirs are tough as nails.

 

[Angelphish]

Honestly, I would cull him and be done with it. For your sake and his. Only problem is, bichirs are tough as nails.

Freeze it?

 

[Thekid]

Freeze it?

Clove oil. Send him to sleep and then a little extra.