deformed flame tetra???

[hondaguy01]

I owned one perfectly normal flame tetra. i purchased a tank mate for it but when i got the fish home i noticed its spine actually looked bent and it swam with its head almost straight up in a bobbing type motion . i thought the fish was injured and would soon die ,but it lived and grew so i fiqured okay its just deformed but its healthy, but heres the kicker after a few months in my tank i just noticed the other normal flame tetra now has a bent spine and swims in the same strange way . whats going on here are these fish sick do i need to get rid of them ? any help would be apreciated thanks mike c

 

[Skylar]

Hm...a bit weird. I do know that one of fish tuberculosis' symptoms is a bent spine. Are they eating fine? Color the same as always?

If they develop any of these symptoms, they probably have fish TB and you ought to euthanize them because it is an untreatable disease. Don't buy them from that LFS again if they do have those symptoms.

Just to be on the safe side, consider wearing rubber gloves while around the tank. You could develop a slight cold from the fish TB.

 

[hondaguy01]

yes they are eating but tb sound very possible is it contagiuse like i said 1 fish was fine intill second one was introduced can this spread to other types of fish? thanks mike c

 

[BettaMomma]

Here's a (very lengthy, but) good article about it and how it affects humans.

http/www.flippersandfins.net/FishTankGranuloma.htm

I'd have to agree that it probably is TB but you should maybe do some more reading up on it before you decide to get rid of these guys.