Help please....wrasse swimming funny!

[RadRed24]

Have had this wrasse (Naoko's Wrasse) in my tank for about a month. Everything fine until I did a water change/cleaned tank 2 days ago. Added some corals about 2 days before that! Everything fine except his swimming....vertically, like he can not stay down or horizonal. He is still eating. Took a video, but can not load to thread!

 

[reef lover]

Post to you tube first then link it here...could be a spinal injury or a swim bladder issue...

 

[RadRed24]

 

[reef lover]

Ohh poor guy looks spinal to me...could have gotten startled and hit a glass top or the bottom diving into the sand. Sometimes they right themselves sometimes they dont. A smaller tank with less flow or an acclimation type box might give him a break and time to heal...any other ideas #reefsquad

 

[RadRed24]

Post to you tube first then link it here...could be a spinal injury or a swim bladder issue...

Thank you ....I've been trying to link this an hour - gave up and got my son to do it. Took him all of 10 seconds!!! I'm so tech stupid - LOL! See video below please!

 

[RadRed24]

Ohh poor guy looks spinal to me...could have gotten startled and hit a glass top or the bottom diving into the sand. Sometimes they right themselves sometimes they dont. A smaller tank with less flow or an acclimation type box might give him a break and time to heal...any other ideas #reefsquad

Oh my gosh....I hope he can recover - really fell in love with this fella. Will try anything at this point! Thank you for your input!

 

[saltyhog]

Definitely looks like a spinal injury. Since it's recent there is still a chance it will improve if he continues to eat. Personally, I've never had one come back from that condition but it's a limited sample.

I have an C. isoscoles in QT with the exact same issue. Mine can get horizontal some but can only turn to the right. If food is to his left he has to make a series of right hand circles to get to it. I'm afraid he's not going to make it.

 

[HotRocks]

I agree with the spinal injury. This sometimes will heal, IME it usually doesn't end well. I've had this happen to a few wrasses in QT. It's unfortunate.

All you can do is use an acclimation box and try to feed.

 

[RadRed24]

I agree with the spinal injury. This sometimes will heal, IME it usually doesn't end well. I've had this happen to a few wrasses in QT. It's unfortunate.

All you can do is use an acclimation box and try to feed.

Thank you for your response.....he eats very well and that is the only time he swims much better! Will move him to QT and see how he does!

 

[HotRocks]

Thank you for your response.....he eats very well and that is the only time he swims much better! Will move him to QT and see how he does!

The fact that he is eating is promising.

@4FordFamily had a radiant wrasse that had a spinal injury recover.

Hoping for the best!

 

[4FordFamily]

Yup it’s a spinal injury. They can worsen over the course of a week pretty bad. The radiant wrasse mentioned disappeared in QT I assume she was eaten by the other inhabitants.

Then a couple weeks later she emerged swimming funny. Eventually she got better and better and could swim pretty well. Then she jumped out of the tiniest hole in QT. Sigh

 

[RadRed24]

The fact that he is eating is promising.

@4FordFamily had a radiant wrasse that had a spinal injury recover.

Hoping for the best!

Thank you....gives me some hope!

 

[RadRed24]

Yup it’s a spinal injury. They can worsen over the course of a week pretty bad. The radiant wrasse mentioned disappeared in QT I assume she was eaten by the other inhabitants.

Then a couple weeks later she emerged swimming funny. Eventually she got better and better and could swim pretty well. Then she jumped out of the tiniest hole in QT. Sigh

Oh No....so sorry! Thank you for the response and gives me a shimmer of hope!

 

[RadRed24]

Definitely looks like a spinal injury. Since it's recent there is still a chance it will improve if he continues to eat. Personally, I've never had one come back from that condition but it's a limited sample.

I have an C. isoscoles in QT with the exact same issue. Mine can get horizontal some but can only turn to the right. If food is to his left he has to make a series of right hand circles to get to it. I'm afraid he's not going to make it.

I hope your little guy makes it! Mine is not hardly swimming - stays put mostly upside down until food is introduced - then he will come out and try to eat - swimming makes it difficult tho!

 

[reef lover]

Eating is always a good sign! Hope he pulls through!