Barbs

[Gsxrownr]

I have a tiger barb that looked extremely close to being dead when I first looked at it. It was just floating upside down and it's body was curved a lil bit so naturally I thought it was dead. I went to get the net and noticed that he was back upright and hiding behind a rock, now he is away from all the other fish. I was jus wondering if this is a good sign he's dying or if their not always gonna be schooling with each other, any advice would be appreciated.

20gallon fresh water, 5 tiger barbs, 5 red wag platys, 5 neon tetras, and a rubber lip pleco.

 

[shadyfish]

My barbs sleep at un natural angles all the time I think its normal I've found them completely vertical with their noses pointing straight up to the top of the water

 

[BigJim]

Some fish are weird. Last week one of my neons looked like it was having a stroke when I was feeding the fish in the morning. I figured it was a goner. Later that night it was back to normal and has looked healthy ever since.

 

[Gsxrownr]

Thank you for letting me know that but it turns out he really was a goner, woke up this morning and he was dead. Time to make another trip to the pet store lol.

 

[Tim Wheatley]

I've only ever seen headstanding and tailstanding Tiger Barbs (according to tank flow), never laying on the side (when healthy).