Seizures?

[djlactose]

I have a Golden Gourami who appears to be having seizures. I have had the fish for six-eight months now and have never seen this behavior from it before. We have other Gouramis which we bought at the same time and a few others of a different type which were also purchased around the same time. It will be swimming around fine and then all of a sudden swim all over the tank as fast as it can and then collapse on the bottom bend in a L shape twitching for a while, then get up and swim around like nothing happened. It has happened at least three times today, I checked all of my levels and they are all decent (.25 ammonia, no nitrites, and a small amount of nitrates). Has anyone heard of anything like this?

 

[geekrockgirl85]

how long has it been doing this?

if it's just in the past few days, i'd venture a guess that he's on his way out.

if he's been doing it since you got him... well, i guess he's just "special".

 

[djlactose]

how long has it been doing this?

if it's just in the past few days, i'd venture a guess that he's on his way out.

if he's been doing it since you got him... well, i guess he's just "special".

He just started doing it today, as far as I know. I believe he is on his way out too, but I was hoping there was something I could do for the little guy.

 

[geekrockgirl85]

i think the only thing you can do for him at this point is euthanasia.

every gourami i've lost started doing a dance like you're describing (much like a swim bladder infection... painful to watch, but generally untreatable) right before he bit the bullet.

 

[djlactose]

Well I guess that is that then

 

[ninamarie]

Sorry to hear of your loss.