I have a Jack Dempsey and I have had him about 9 months and for some reason he is swimming in circles upside down there are other fish in the tank with him and they are Jack Dempsey's as well but they don't seem to be having any problems so I dont think nothing is wrong with the water. What do you think is wrong? The pet store says he may be stressed but he looks fine he doesn't have any visible signs of stress it doesn't look like he has been fighting or anything. The aquarium is pretty big (55 gallons) so he has plenty of room. Please tell me whats wrong.
2006-11-06 07:54:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
It sounds like he is, I'm sorry to say but I guess the only true test will be to wait to see what happens. Maybe the fish is just emo... :]
2006-11-06 08:04:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not making any guarantees but I used to play this computer game called emergency vet and that same thing happened to a fish and i think they said he was unbalanced i'm really sorry I can't help you more but I played it a long time ago and that's all I can remember :(
2006-11-06 15:58:25 · answer #2 · answered by Lindsey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It does sound like it try doing a 50% water change what are your water parameters? How often do you do water changes?
2006-11-06 18:06:41 · answer #3 · answered by C live 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He may be about to die, fish usually do that when they are going to die. Wait and see what happens. :)
2006-11-06 15:57:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had fish that done that and they always died.
2006-11-06 16:04:43 · answer #5 · answered by darlene100568 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋