Fairy wrasse behaving strangely

[happyhourhero]

my Solon wrasse is swimming very strangely today. It is cruising all around the tank and rolling around in the current, sometimes swimming vertically, sometimes curled, sometimes tilted. It's color is good and it's eyes are moving around alertly. I haven't had it long enough to know if this is normal. He spent his first week or so hiding or keeping to one side of te tank. This is the first time I have been home all day to see this.

 

[4FordFamily]

my Solon wrasse is swimming very strangely today. It is cruising all around the tank and rolling around in the current, sometimes swimming vertically, sometimes curled, sometimes tilted. It's color is good and it's eyes are moving around alertly. I haven't had it long enough to know if this is normal. He spent his first week or so hiding or keeping to one side of te tank. This is the first time I have been home all day to see this.

This sounds like what my lineatus did before it died. Turns out it was a spine injury from jumping up. Do you have a lid or canopy? Mine tried to jump out and hit the lid.

 

[ZoaCollector]

It could also be an internal infection. Perhaps the swim bladder is comprised. A Qt tank with kanamycin and Furan 2 should help heal him. Use clean seawater. Follow medication directions and dosage.
A video posted here would help in case of misdiagnosis. But it sounds internal. I

 

[eatbreakfast]

Is there swelling in the abdomen? Does the back half of the body float? If so it is a swim bladder infection.

Does the back half of the body sink and it uses it's pectoral fins to try and swim, but doesn't use the back half of the body? That is a spinal injury from jumping or swimming quickly and hitting something.

Is it occasionally doing barrel roles, sometimes swimming fast and sometimes laying down. Is it breathing noticeably faster than the other fish in the tank? This is a stress event, comparable to a heart attack.

In case one, take zoacollectors advice. In cases 2and 3, wait it out and provide as stress free of an environment as possible, sometimes they recover, sometimes they do not.

 

[happyhourhero]

There is video from this am with just the blues on. The video is how he is on the mild side. Its worse sometimes. He has not eaten at the last three feedings. Thanks for the replies so far guys. Pretty bummed.

 

[4FordFamily]

There is video from this am with just the blues on. The video is how he is on the mild side. Its worse sometimes. He has not eaten at the last three feedings. Thanks for the replies so far guys. Pretty bummed.

Spinal injury, case two above.

 

[evolved]

Spinal injury, case two above.

Agree

 

[4FordFamily]

Fish that eat with this unscientifically survive 2/3 of the time. Not eating though provides a grim prognosis unfortunately

 

[eatbreakfast]

Fish that eat with this unscientifically survive 2/3 of the time. Not eating though provides a grim prognosis unfortunately

^Yup.

 

[4FordFamily]

^Yup.

(I stole that 2/3 from either you or evolved I cannot remember)

 

[happyhourhero]

It was upside down near the top this morning and breathing heavily and my other fish were starting to be a bit aggressive towards it so I ended its suffering. It had not eaten in 3.5 days and it normally would eat a lot. Had become visibly thinner. Pretty bummed about that one. Was a beautiful fish.

 

[evolved]

Sorry to hear, but that was the right call. Once it goes downhill that bad, there's no going back up.