TO ALL MODERATORS,HELP ME OUT PLEASE!!!!!!!!

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420man
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MY AFRICAN TIGER PIKE (HEPTUS ODUS) probadly misspelled but anyway, he scarred himself one night and when i woke up he was upside down at the bottom of the tank like he knocked himself dizzy, i have saved him before but nothing is working now, it has been a week and he still is upside down on the bottom trying to fight for life, his equilbribium is all messed up and no matter how many time i hold him straight or he tries to swim he just ends up flopping back down to the bottom on his back. should i just take him out of his misery or keep trying to fix him, the plecos are starting to try and nibble on him and today i saw my ornate bicher grab him by the tail and tried to swing him around. i have had this fish for over a year and a half and grew it from 3"'s to a whopping 14"s right now, would hate to lose him but i might have to do a mercy killing so what would be the best way if i have to go that route. p.s. thanks for any advice in advance!!!:(:cry::irked:
 
dont mercy kill it, who knows it might snap out of it, its better then just MErking your fish.
 
i would let him toughen it out. keep the water clean and see what happens
 
groovitudedude;1523071; said:
LOL everybody is helping EXCEPT the mods
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Just because they are mods, doesn't mean they know any more than the rest of us ;)

Is he eating? I had a +12" odoe that did extactly the same thing. He did right himself but it never recovered fully (swam very oddly) and never ate again. I was surprised it lasted so long without eating anything. I euthanised it in the end.
 
The membership here is top notch, you don't need a mod to get good advice.
 
To be down for that long he obviously did some serious internal damage, so the long-term prognosis is not promising. Your best bet is to move him to a quarantine tank where nothing can gnaw on him and complicate any rehab. Outside of that & pristine water, there is little you can do.

Sometimes fish just don't cooperate with our best intentions, though. If you choose to mercy kill him, using alka-seltzer will work, as will freezing or an overdose of clove oil.
 
it does sound like a swim bladder issue, i had a bass do the same and it never recovered and looked pityfull so i put it out of its misery.
 
sorry folks died yesterday when i got not breathing and stiff as a board. in the freezer will get it taxidermied and try to keep the skull with the teeth. add insult to injury lfs has three neww african tiger pikes 4-6"'s for $30 each i want all three but will not get one for quite awhile and thanks for yall help.
 
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