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	Shaking Tiger Barb
sugabeatz Hobbyist Posts: 83 Kudos: 77 Votes: 3 Registered: 12-Mar-2004	Edited 21-Oct-2009 22:41 I added a couple new fish two days ago, and now one of my albino tiger barbs is acting very strange. Yesterday, he was breathing fast and avoiding the rest of his school. Today, he is swimming irradictly with his mouth pointed downwards and shaking violently. I have never seen a fish do this in the 15 years I've had them. What is wrong with him? Here is a link to a video of him http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t284/sugabeatz/Fish/?action=view&current=PA211047.flv
Posted 21-Oct-2009 21:55
sugabeatz Hobbyist Posts: 83 Kudos: 77 Votes: 3 Registered: 12-Mar-2004	I found one of the Julii Corys I had just added belly up barely breathing. He must have introduced something tht my tiger barb got. Please help! Here is another video of him. http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t284/sugabeatz/Fish/?action=view&current=PA211049.flv
Posted 21-Oct-2009 23:36
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	It looks like it could be parasites, but I am at a bit of a loss as to what. I've not seen anything move so much like that before. Can you see the gills on either? Any redness? What are the faeces like? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 22-Oct-2009 06:18
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	The barb looks like its having problems with buoyancy, likely through extra gas in the digestive tract or the swim bladder. However, I don't know what you can do about it. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 22-Oct-2009 16:03


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