Does this fish have a swim bladder problem?

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mr_tee0419

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Hey guys, what does it mean if a fish moves his finds left, right, left right, as if he is trying to stabilize himself? TIA!
 
It was a moorish idol I saw at my LFS. They had two. One swam graceful, and they other swam more with his front fins going left, right... than his tail. I know my angels padle like this some when they are stationary, but not when swimming....
 
Could be a number of thing or it could be nothing, Moorish Idols have a very poor survival rate and i wouldnt assume it is good if u think it is swimming funny, but no way to know exactly what it is , most swim bladder probles cause the fish to lose all control such as sinking, floating upsidedown, or floating on a side.
 
Moorish Idols have a very poor survival rate
I would stay away just b/c of that. Revhtree can tell you. They are not able to be kept happy in the vast majority of our tanks....yet :) .
 
they don't eat, so he's probably starving.

apparently there is some bannana flavored stuff you can soak their food in and they will eat it........... that's just what I heard though.

I think if you get one with a scar on it's face and half of one of it's fins torn off you should be okay though.
 
My Idol ate any and everything I put in the tank. Flake, frozen, live, mush, pellets, nori, it ate it all, and alot of it. One day it ate, and 2hrs later it was gone.

**NOTE** This was in my early aquarium imaturity
 
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