Bent spine

[Drayven]

So I have an orange zebra danio that has a weird spine thing going on that I'm curious about. I've found lots of info online about bent spines but it all seems to be about a hump on the back type bend. This guy has more of a horizontal bend. What I mean by that is that if you were to look down at him from the top rather than seeing him as a straight line he's more of a Z shape. He swims around and eats and all that and he's actually been like this for a while I was just curious if anyone had thoughts on what it was. Only thing I can think of is that maybe at one point in his life he got pinched between a net and the glass or something like that.

 

[Blueiz]

It could be a birth defect or an injury. I don't know if this would be of any real comparison or not, but I used to work at a swine farm and if the piglets got there head or body caught under the dividers in the feeders it only took a few hours to be like that before they would become humpback permanantly.

 

[dkpate]

Or it could be tuberculosis or a vitamin deficiency.

 

[bs6749]

Most likely a birth defect. In my opinion the fish should be culled. If you want to keep it that's fine too, just be responsible and don't let it breed.

 

[BigJim]

If you're talking about the Glofish orange danios, the breeders don't cull many of their defects. The fish are relatively new to the market and are worth too much to cull.

 

[Drayven]

Yeah it's a glofish. he actually died last night due to unrelated issues. I tried using some API algaefix in my tank and within minutes he was on the bottom and my shrimp were acting funny so i did a big water change and he never quite recovered. I'm guessing he had some sort of weakened immune system. He's had the spine thing for like 4 months now and up until the algaefix thing he was eating and swimming just fine.

I do hope it wasn't TB though because I wasn't able to find his body so I think he became a snack My reading about TB leads me to believe that usually causes an arch on the back and a slighlty swelled chest which he didn't have.

 

[WhiteDevil]

My hunchback longfin zebra runs the tank, he is alpha schooler. he is about twice the size of a normal zebra danio and about 10x as pissed. He keeps order even with the Tiger Barb's

Dont let em breed, keep em for a pet but thats it.

 

[Blueiz]

TB is rather rare in home aquaria.

 

[mfdrookie516]

btw, algaefix and all of those related chemicals are not a good idea to use. its always best to figure out whats causing algae, and fix it

 

[bs6749]

TB is rather rare in home aquaria.

Exactly the point that I was going to make.

 

[Drayven]

btw, algaefix and all of those related chemicals are not a good idea to use. its always best to figure out whats causing algae, and fix it

Yeah, i got lazy and went for the magic bullet Poor little Oliver Twist had to pay the price