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	phntom sick???
chip Hobbyist Posts: 51 Kudos: 36 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-May-2004	my male phantoms swim for minutes at a time at approximately this angle / / / instead of I I I I are they sick
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
amilner Big Fish Posts: 429 Kudos: 654 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004	As long as they are feeding and acting normally (except for this), then I'd say that they are fine.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
kitty163 Fish Addict Posts: 816 Kudos: 1032 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2003	Can you post test results in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	I used to have phantoms and they always would swim like that. Probably just something they do
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
froo Fingerling Posts: 48 Kudos: 40 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Jul-2004	mine do that all the time. ever since I have had them. and they are all active and healthy. My theory is that as they are such a "tall" fish (all those high fins) thy sorta have trouble balancing...kinda like tall people have trouble running round corners cos tehy have to tilt...also I have quite a strong current in my tank whihc might throw them of balance even more.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
jase101 Big Fish Posts: 345 Kudos: 273 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Jul-2004	maybe it's just a phantom illness...like phantom pregnancy, get it??...ah, doesn't matter, i amused myself...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	mine swim like that too and I thought for the longest time that they were sick, but since none have died off I've thought otherwise. -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38


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