This reader wonders if his fish is having heart attacks. Have you ever witness this kind of fish behavior? Visit the forum and share what you know.
"My fish is constantly like having heart attacks. He slams himself all around the aquarium and then flips upside down. After flipping his lips are like trembling and shaking. Then awhile later, he flips back over and he's fine. What can I treat it with? "
"My fish is constantly like having heart attacks. He slams himself all around the aquarium and then flips upside down. After flipping his lips are like trembling and shaking. Then awhile later, he flips back over and he's fine. What can I treat it with? "
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euthenasia?
fish heart attacks….
riiiight….
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Fish heart attack??? That’s a new one on me. Hmmmm good luck with that.
You can treat it with…..Nothing. Or maybe love. They need love. Or maybe……nothing.
Try doritos, quavers, mccains micro chips, a can of pepsi, a galaxy, a dairy milk a glass of ribena or a sunday dinner. Let me know how it goes…..
I wish someone had a better explanation for you, because not even 5 minutes ago, one of my fish swam freakishly all over her tank then ended up on the bottom of the tank upside down. If that wasn’t enough she swam around again for abit, then died just like that…would love help on this one
im actually trying to look this up. i HAD a female molly fish until this morning. i was on my laptop, saw her jerk up a few times then she gave out with her mouth open and everything. gills werent moving, nothing, then i try to take her out, she jerks up again. i freak out. put her in a zip lock bag, then see her jerk again. now im too scared to flush her down the toilet :[ she looks dead, but after those all those twitches this morning, im too scared to go near her. im just gonna wait till my roomate gets home to flush her :[
Masha, you should have never taken your fish out of the tank! By removing it from the tank immediately after something like that happens, there is no way to know if your fish died, or just had a shock tremor. By placing it in a bag- You effectively suffocated your fish to death. NEVER take a fish out of a tank until it’s eyes fade! Ie: Their eyes suddenly lack ‘life’ ‘luster, etc, also known as ‘fogging’. That’s really the only way to tell if a fish is actually dead. You mentioned your fish jerked up a few times and it’s gills stopped moving. Jerking up means your fish was shocked and needed an immediate supply of air to regain it’s ‘composure’, and it’s actually very common for a fish’s gills to ‘stop moving’- It’s similar to ‘deep breathing’, absorbing oxygen through the skin and outer surface of the gills to better process it in times of shock. PLEASE, never do something like that again. It’s better to let your fish have it’s moment of peace if it’s going to die, than remove it too early and have it die a horrible, gasping death!
It something to think about do fish really have heart attacks? Knowing that fish has one ventricle and one atrium. It something that I wonder
I agree. YOUR FISH MAY LOOK DEAD AFTER A SEIZURE, BUT IT MAY STILL BE ALIVE! My fish had a seizure last night then stopped became completely still, turned white, eyes black and floated up. We moved him to the quarantine tank (we shoulda acclimated him but we had no idea what was going on) and after 3 minutes he slowly thawed back to life. He’s still sick and still might end up dying, but it wasn’t his time yet yesterday.
We believe our goldfish has also had a heart attack, or so we have been told by the local koi company.
I came down this morning and he/she was at the bottom of the fish tank just spinning over and over again. We have now put it in its on “tank”/bowl with some of the fish tank water and its still doing it, and its now 16:30 hours. Its horrible to watch and I’m not sure what to do! Any one any (decent) advice?
Im thinking fish having heart attacks is more of a reality after this morning. One of my roselines died but not in that fashion, he acting fine then started twitching, went sideways on the ground, blood started flowing from his gills, then went belly up. All happened during my morning feeding and observation time.
Actually yes they can. As taught in biology any animal that is warm blooded can suffer from heart attacks. More than likely the creature was stressed from something such as a parasite, bad water parameters, or unstable pH. We tend to see this syndrome more in saltwater tanks due to the high sensitivity of the animals people are trying to care for. Hope this helps.
I was just sitting down watching TV and out of nowhere one of my fish went mad. I got up straight away and watched him swim upside down to the bottom at the tank. His mouth was wide open and then nothing. I fished him out but appears dead. Heart attach or a stroke. This came from nowhere. Crazy…