Chasing Tail

[Barbie Bubbles]

I came home to find my Red Flame Dwarf Gourami acting very strange. He was spinning ar.ound and around like a puppy chasing his tail. He stopped and swam up to the top of the tank as soon as I dropped food in and ate. Then went right back to spinning around again! Please can someone tell me whats wrong with him?

 

[altselgreen]

Maybe Stress?

 

[Barbie Bubbles]

Maybe Stress?

I don't see any reason for him to be stressed out about anything. There's no new additions and no changes within the tank. I do have another male dwarf but he's very submissive to this one that's sick. I've only had him for two months and he and a couple of angles are my newest additions I got them at the same time, and the angels and other fish are all O.K.

Also tested my water Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20 Usually it's about 10 (tested last nite)l
Just did my usual 20% weekly change on Sunday, but last nite did 20% again and nitrate is back to well under 10

Any one else seen this before? he's still doing it and I'm getting really worried.

 

[sylvia]

How is he today? Has he stopped doing this? I've never seen this before in a gourami but I have had fish with swim bladder problems and the like that behaved very unusualy. Having said that, gouramies don't often get swim bladder diseases (unless he has/had a bacterial infection).

 

[Barbie Bubbles]

Sadly he's gone. Thanks for the reply.

 

[WILDER]

He has shown some symtoms of whirling desease so i would take a look her, as they spin fast as though they are chasing there tail.

http/freshaquarium.about.com/cs/disease/p/whirling.htm