TSN can't stay right side up, need help.

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Mystus Redtail

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Hi folks,

My TSN has been acting strangely for a few weeks, he went from eating happily and always chilling at the bottom to not eating much and swimming all over the tank. I moved him to the 180 and he seemed to get better. Fast forward 2 or 3 weeks to this weekend, and he keeps swimming all over the tank upside down, like he's under control but upside down. But now he's "stuck". He can't get upright, I'll flip him over, but he'll turn right back. He's about 9" long. He hasn't eaten anything for a week that I've noticed, I've tried force feeding him bloodworms, but to no avail. I need suggestions. I'm worried he'll be dead by morning, but I've thought that before. Everyone else in the tank is perfectly fine, so I don't think that water quality is the problem, I think it has to do with that he won't eat, but I can't explain the loss of appetite.
 
Well, Your water is clean, and the others are swimming around just fine and dandy.
I don't know much about this topic... but perhaps a parasite, or viral infection?
Anyone else have any ideas?
 
my tsn has been acting funny also, he could swin OK but when he stopped he would filp on his side, he stoped eating and everything. I started heavely airating the tank and added tank buddies fungus clear from walmart which is suposed to treat swimbladder problems, it took about 2 days of that in combination and he stoped floping on his side, and another 2 days to start eating again, and now he seems to be doing good
 
Yeah sounds like a serious swimbladder issue. Not sure on treatment. Sounds like someone above had success. If you do some research there is info on how to use a siringe to fix it, but I don't remember the exact site. Sounds risky though. I once read an article on a guy who had a goldfish with the same problem and it actually stopped swimming all together and he would pull it to the top of the tank so it could eat it's flakes. Good luck
 
It sounds alot like what happened to my 24" TSN when my RTC Beat the crap out of him one day... that took around 3 weeks to fully recover from but he did, Sounds like a swimbladder issue as mentioned previously. There really isn't much you can do as it's an internal "issue" but I do recall having heard similar types of "remedies" as necro mentioned... all sound very risky however.

Hope the little fella pulls through (I would just wait and watch for few days to see how it goes before doing anything though....as it is sometimes something which will go away on it's own)
 
basslover34;2231767; said:
It sounds alot like what happened to my 24" TSN when my RTC Beat the crap out of him one day... that took around 3 weeks to fully recover from but he did, Sounds like a swimbladder issue as mentioned previously. There really isn't much you can do as it's an internal "issue" but I do recall having heard similar types of "remedies" as necro mentioned... all sound very risky however.

Hope the little fella pulls through (I would just wait and watch for few days to see how it goes before doing anything though....as it is sometimes something which will go away on it's own)
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See, that's what I thought at first, he was in with my now much larger TSNxRTC and I thought maybe he got his butt kicked so I moved him to the 180 with all smaller fish, that's when he started doing a little better, but now it has gotten worse. He has a red sore on his face and one of his barbels is shredded. I don't know if someone is bullying him, but I may put him upstairs in my 20 long and med him tonight, if he's still alive.


The Red Severum;2230911; said:
try some peas......
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Why would I give him peas? Is that supposed to do something? I'm not trying to be rude, but I haven't heard of anything like that before...
 
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