labnjab
04-15-2009, 01:49 AM
Our newer goldfish, a red cap, seems to be narcoleptic or has something strange going on. He eats normally and the rest of the goldfish don't bother him.
Water parameters are great, 0 ammonia, 0trites, and 10 trates, but he seems to "pass out frequently"
He will swim normally for a few minuets, and he'll stop and float in place, sometimes sideways, and sorta zone out, sometimes for 30 or more seconds, and then snap back into it and act normal and eat, or swim around, and then a few minuets later, he's back to zoneing out, like he's sleeping. I don't think its swim bladder because he'll stay at the same depth when it happens, he just floats around.
I just don't know what it is, its certainly not normal and not an odd character trait like some goldfish get. It almost looks like he's dead when it happens, its got a lifeless look, and have seen him stick to the filter intake once, and when I went to move him, he came to and acts 100% normal. Its happening more and more frequently, It has be baffled
Can goldfish be narcoleptic? Thats the only thing I can think of
Water parameters are great, 0 ammonia, 0trites, and 10 trates, but he seems to "pass out frequently"
He will swim normally for a few minuets, and he'll stop and float in place, sometimes sideways, and sorta zone out, sometimes for 30 or more seconds, and then snap back into it and act normal and eat, or swim around, and then a few minuets later, he's back to zoneing out, like he's sleeping. I don't think its swim bladder because he'll stay at the same depth when it happens, he just floats around.
I just don't know what it is, its certainly not normal and not an odd character trait like some goldfish get. It almost looks like he's dead when it happens, its got a lifeless look, and have seen him stick to the filter intake once, and when I went to move him, he came to and acts 100% normal. Its happening more and more frequently, It has be baffled
Can goldfish be narcoleptic? Thats the only thing I can think of