URGENT ALERT! SPINNING BICHIR!

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if your asking the cause of it...this is what i found.

1.A virus. The virus attacks the epithelium of the sac and inflammation occurs which makes the epithelium too thick for gases to diffuse across. Thus the fish is stuck at a certain buoyancy because gases have nowhere to go. This may be more of a factor in non-goldfish species.

2.A bacterium. There is little evidence to support this, but it's widely known that bacterial infections can cause the same kind of thickening of the swim bladder epithelium as viruses.

3.Anatomy. Globoid-shaped fish like ornamental goldfish are predisposed to problems with the swim bladder because their guts are all squashed up in their abdomen. This arrangement predisposes to food impactions, which in turn clog up the pneumocystic duct.

4.Diet. Feeding dry foods which tend to take on water like a ponge and expand in the fish predispose to food impactions. See # 2 above.
 
could be internal parasites...they cause a loss of equilibrium
 
please continue to give info! :) It is bedtime in Sweden so I will scan this thread the first I do in the morning, and drop by the LFS tomorrow.. so if there are any meds that you guys recommend please scratch it down here!

thanks Haynchinook and pwmin!! appreciated!
 
no problem.

i usually use Jungle Parasite Cure for int. parasites
 
i have a endi in the hospital tank right now ... he's doing the same thing, swimming around non-stop like a mad dog for a good 30seconds if he's frightened by light or noise ...he's go red streaks on the side ... been treating with Mardel antibiotic for 5 days with 90% water change every day ... checked a couple hours ago, red streaks are all gone ... he hasn't been frantically swimming around for a couple days now... i also covered the tank so that it is dark ... helps calm him down ... get him separated and begin treatment as soon as possible
 
WD? that only affects Salmonids. are you talking about something else or joking?
 
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