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I post this with a heavy heart as I’m pretty sure my rhomboid wrasse has a spinal injury but not 100% sure. Maybe swim bladder? Please help me ID.

Have had for a few months. Was perfectly fine then from one day to the next started swimming erratically. Still eating tho. All other fish, inverts, corals are fine.

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I post this with a heavy heart as I’m pretty sure my rhomboid wrasse has a spinal injury but not 100% sure. Maybe swim bladder? Please help me ID.

Have had for a few months. Was perfectly fine then from one day to the next started swimming erratically. Still eating tho. All other fish, inverts, corals are fine.

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Darn, another case of this syndrome, 3 or 4 just this week! Symptoms are always the same - fish spins and swims weird but still tries to eat. It isn’t swim bladder. People say it is from spinal injury, but I never see smacked snouts. I think it is a neurological disease, viral or bacterial. I’ve not heard of any treatment for this, and the mortality rate is very high, sorry.
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Darn, another case of this syndrome, 3 or 4 just this week! Symptoms are always the same - fish spins and swims weird but still tries to eat. It isn’t swim bladder. People say it is from spinal injury, but I never see smacked snouts. I think it is a neurological disease, viral or bacterial. I’ve not heard of any treatment for this, and the mortality rate is very high, sorry.
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Thank you for the reply, Jay. From my understanding euthanasia might be the most decent recourse at this point....I just want to make sure.
 

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Thank you for the reply, Jay. From my understanding euthanasia might be the most decent recourse at this point....I just want to make sure.
I would give it some more time, as long as it is still eating. These fish with this malady don't seem to be suffering, and if I'm wrong with the diagnosis, it could pull through.

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