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yesterday i noticed that one of my serpae tetras (i have six)is swimming a little funny.... he swims with his head pointing up at a diaognal but not straight up. he seems healthy other wise(good color, eating, no one has been picking on him.)and when he gets frightened he swims normal......
but i was just wondering if this is maybe some kind of internal pairasite or some thing like that?
 
He may be having swim bladder issues (the swim bladder helps the fish remain upright). Theres a number of causes; digestive, disease, toxins, injury. Its hard to say an exact cause without more information; are there any other symptoms, or have there been any changes recently? Also, what are the fish fed?
 
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