What's wrong with my NTT?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I'll preface this, as I frequently do, by saying I'm no expert.

But it looks to me like it's partially paralyzed or something. Like maybe it suffered a spinal or head injury, and simply can't move the way it used to. It sort of swims like a person who's had a stroke.

Again, I can't be sure, but it looks like spinal/nervous damage to me.
 
It just randomly started this about 2 hours ago for no reason and hasn't stopped.


Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
 
Agree. He's still alive and he goes normal for a while and swims and eats fine then randomly out of no where loses balance and just does somersaults I don't get it?


Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
 
It could be a swim bladder injury or infection.
 
^ this.
I am only a human doc, and not a vet. But to swim like that you need a loss of orientation. Either at the source (balance/input, swim bladder etc) the pathway (nerves/infection/injury), or the controller (brain/infection/injury). In humans a simple virus can cause it, and that can be temporary. Or, cancer. A course of antibiotics might not hurt, I would definitely move him to the sick tank. At the minimum, the other fish might take the opportunity to beat him up.
 
Hopefully this is not the case: I had a few ntts thru the years do this, nothing helped eventually they get malnourished from the inability to eat. Then the slowly die. Hopefully yours pulls thru.... Mine didn't.


Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
 
at this stage its SDS (Sudden Death Syndrome) happens to ntt`s and I hate it because this is how mines died randomly.
 
Well he's still alive gonna try to feed again tonight. Water is pristine n no other fish is picking on him added aquarium salt. Right now he's swimming fine


Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom