strange swimmer

[tabby360]

I got a neon tetra that has shreded dorsal and caudual fins and is slanted at a 45 degree.

He was in my ten gallon but the current was to strong so i moved him to a little one gallon but he still cant cantrol the way he swims.

Is there any medication i can give it.

 

[JWright]

What is his color like? Sounds like either Swim Bladder or NTD.

Josh

 

[tabby360]

what do you mean by his color ???

 

[tabby360]

Hes blue and red

 

[dattack]

LOL, looks like he might be in a crapper soon.  There coloration pattern changes or get lighter/fades away secondary to neon tetra disease and there swimming is erratic.  I had 10 neons in a 60 gallon and slowly one by one started to die.  So, you got to remove the sick one and put them in differently tanks immediately which you did. The disease is caused by a sporozoan and I don't think there is a definitive treatment for it.
For the swim bladder disease, the belly get's pretty big (I had thought mine neons were pregnant at the time) probably to poor water quality.
In other words, I have a hard time keeping neon.

 

[Matt Nace]

does the neon have his stripes broken up or any red blemmishes? This is the NTD I have had, but there are also other symptoms.

 

[JWright]

By color, I mean are the colors vibrant? A common symptom of NTD is loss of coloration, especially the red stripe.

Josh

 

[tabby360]

well the red stripe is see through but still red.

 

[tabby360]

i went to my lfs to by filter cartridges and they didnt have any type of medicine for the diesease.  :'(
Is there any medication

 

[JWright]

There is no cure for NTD (Neon Tetra Disease). There are cures for a couple Swim Bladder disorders, depending on the cause.

The most important thing to do right now is to properly diagnose what the problem is. Does the red stripe look faded? Is the swimming motion erratic? Does the fish isolate itself from the school? I would reccomend doing and online search for "Neon Tetra Disease"

I'm gonna be out of town for about a week, so I won't be able keep up with this thread. I hope everything turns out alright for you.

Josh

 

[tabby360]

ok

 

[dattack]

Use the googles newsgroup, it has tons of information.  All you need to type in is neon tetra disease and has all the questions answered for you.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&group=rec.aquaria

 

[tabby360]

It died last night so i went to petsmart and rescued a betta ;D. ( they keep them in such small contaniers, smaller than those betta hex things :'()

 

[tabby360]

For the first 4 days my neon was ok and swimming perfectly.Then for the next 3 days it was fine in the day but in the later evening its colors would fade and was having difficulties swimming. Today its been the worst and has had problems for most of the day.