JackSpadesSI
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've got four neon tetras. Three of them are "friends" while one keeps to himself. However, I fear that the loner isn't just a different personality, but actually sick. Wikipedia gives six symptoms of Neon Tetra Disease (NTD):
1) Restlessness, 2) fish begins to lose coloration, 3) as cysts develop the body may become lumpy, 4) fish has difficulty swimming, 5) in advanced cases the spine may become curved, and 6) secondary infections such as fin rot and bloating.
The loaner fish does look restless: he moves his fins a lot more than his buddies do to stay still, although he doesn't move around a ton (but he does move around a little). His red line is slightly translucent - losing coloration? No cysts. I'm not sure what I would consider difficulty swimming - the unnecessarily rapid fin movement is worrisome, but he still gets around. No curved spine. No rotting fins and no bloating.
Thoughts? I really don't want him to infect the tank, but I'd HATE to kill the guy if there was nothing wrong with him other than a bit of a bad mood!
1) Restlessness, 2) fish begins to lose coloration, 3) as cysts develop the body may become lumpy, 4) fish has difficulty swimming, 5) in advanced cases the spine may become curved, and 6) secondary infections such as fin rot and bloating.
The loaner fish does look restless: he moves his fins a lot more than his buddies do to stay still, although he doesn't move around a ton (but he does move around a little). His red line is slightly translucent - losing coloration? No cysts. I'm not sure what I would consider difficulty swimming - the unnecessarily rapid fin movement is worrisome, but he still gets around. No curved spine. No rotting fins and no bloating.
Thoughts? I really don't want him to infect the tank, but I'd HATE to kill the guy if there was nothing wrong with him other than a bit of a bad mood!