mimic tang spinning

[bonomo53]

just came home to my mimic tang spinning around in my tank is this normal is that how they sleep here a video i took with my phone kind of hard to see YouTube - ‪Crazy mimic tang‬‏

 

[revhtree]

Weird! Never seen that before!

 

[Breakin Newz]

That's usually not a good sign, only time will tell.. Check on him in the morning and let us know! I hope he is OK though!

 

[danielbui23]

Wow, start checking your parameters.

 

[Palancar]

Check for an electrical short, we had 2 tangs do the same thing and found a bad heater in our greenhouse vat. They did not last longer than a day doing that, at least ours didn't. Sorry to be a bearer of bad news, if by chance it survives please let us know.

 

[Just Clownin Around]

i was thinking the same thing with the electricity. does not look good at all

 

[soccerbag]

Agree - not a good sign. definitely not how they sleep. Best of luck and I hope that he pulls through.

 

[bct15]

I agree, I've never had any fish do that (had some cichlids do something similar after a fight and die shortly later) ...it does not look good. If it only does it at night even more strange, but I would guess it is disoriented, something wrong with it's swim bladder, or dying.

 

[droblack]

Only way a fish would sleep like that is if it were having night terrors. Probably something neurological, not good. Updates?

 

[bonomo53]

ok so just woke up and he is still doing it but not as intense... looks as if he's just trying to swim normal and cant.. he's still trying to eat and is picking at my rocks he also swims normal for around 30 seconds then starts spinning again .. all params are good and all my coral and other fish look fine

 

[revhtree]

Think something could be wrong with his swim bladder? Swim bladder disease?

 

[bonomo53]

yeah thats what i thought something with his swim bladder but he seems to be swimming normal agin this is very weird heres a video i just took YouTube - ‪bonomo53's Channel‬‏

 

[engineeronh2o]

Wow, all seems well. Maybe he was having a dream about a visit to 6 Flags!

 

[spscrazy]

do fish have seizures? my doggie Bella started having seizures last year & she went in circles till they passed they said she has a brain tumor ( she is on pheno barb now)

 

[bonomo53]

ok so now that the lights are off and hes doing it again

 

[bct15]

Your fish is nuts

 

[steve&mari]

Scared of the dark lol but I agree not cool even if it lives seems something major isn't right. Did you look for stray current as mentioned or could be Nero n wouldn't want it suffering if it is. Please updated I'm asking few fish smart breeders I know.let ya know what I find out. Best of luck.
Big Steve
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[bonomo53]

yes i check for stray voltage any nothing there.. i feel really bad for this fish idn what to do . steve&mari if you find anything out let me know thanks... i also just read that this can be a sign of ich or another type of disease called whirling disease that is similar to ich, has any body else heard of that

 

[spscrazy]

hows the fish doing? did you find out what was wrong?

 

[bonomo53]

so lost tho guy last week weird tho he spun at night for a few weeks every night then during the day he turned out fine