My Tiger Barb....

[pauldredge]

my tiger barb is swimming with its head down and tail fin in the air, looks like it is swimming verticle, i dont think its done this b4, all my other fish seem to be ok, ive just done a water change is it this?

 

[chris_1127]

it may have lost a contact lens in the gravel, have a quick scan see if you can see it for him

seriously though mine do this occasionally from time to time, they tend to flare out their fins at the same time, almost in some kind of display, and kind of "shimmy" on the spot as they do it.

 

[Fat Boy]

Quite normal for tiger Barbs to swim like that, usually at night but he should be fine. By the way is he in a group or on his own.?

 

[pauldredge]

ok thats ok then, i just done a water change so i wondered if they were about to drop dead cuz of it lol. a few of them seem to be doing it now so i think they will be fine.