Pearlscale Butterfly

[joyannbuskirk]

I purchased this Pearlscale Butterfly when he was just a baby. He was doing great! He's eating and swimming. Woke up this morning and he was doing this.
Can anyone tell me why?

 

[CoralB]

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[Subsea]

I purchased this Pearlscale Butterfly when he was just a baby. He was doing great! He's eating and swimming. Woke up this morning and he was doing this.
Can anyone tell me why?

If I was to guess, I would say that in the first picture, fish is intently looking at substrate in a fixed spot.

In second picture, 3 fish are in general area of the same spot.

PS: Incidentally, nice looking fish

 

[BoaConservationist]

I purchased this Pearlscale Butterfly when he was just a baby. He was doing great! He's eating and swimming. Woke up this morning and he was doing this.
Can anyone tell me why?

potential swim bladder infection, give me some details, is it rolling around? Is it alert to you or other tankmates? Whats the eyes, photos hard to tell, any cloudy or redness? Is it moving around and seemingly okay otherwise? I need to decipher if bacterial (infection situation) or neuro (injury/toxin situation) but need to know how its acting

 

[joyannbuskirk]

He seems to be doing what he always does like pick at rocks, swim around, just really weird when he gets to that sand bed

 

[joyannbuskirk]

If I was to guess, I would say that in the first picture, fish is intently looking at substrate in a fixed spot.

In second picture, 3 fish are in general area of the same spot.

PS: Incidentally, nice looking fish

Thank you. Here's my whole tank. Love them all. Tanks and Angel's are my favorite though