Freshwater Moray Eel Help!

[Marine/Freshwater?]

Help! My 18 inch Freshwater Moray (Gymnothorax Tile) is sitting at odd angles in the tank, and whenever it twists its head side ways, one of it gills stops working and then the eel coughs really bad. He has always had problems sitting straight, but now it barely grabs food when I give it to it. It looks very painful when it eats and when it coughs. I think it has always had some kind of nerve damage but now, I think something sensitive ion its gill pouch got damaged. He was recently fighting with 3.5 inch Grey Snapper (Lutjanus griseus). The little snapper was trying to eat the little snapper was trying to eat the new small moray I bought but instead it got confused and swallowed my sick morays head! Please help me figure out what to do.

Water Parameters are as follows (Ph.7.8, Specific Gravity 1.014.) All of my other fish are doing great including my new juvenile freshwater moray.

 

[WILDER]

Do the gillls look pale with excess mucas on them, or red and inflamed.
Has the fish lost weight.
Look into gilll flukes, they will spit food and they can go to the brain and damage it.
Do you think the eel has something lodged in its mouth.

 

[john wagner]

simply drop a few aspirins into the tank ( max 3) and it should clear up the problem.

 

[merry78]

simply drop a few aspirins into the tank ( max 3) and it should clear up the problem.

you are getting really annoying. Will you please stop putting these ridiculous posts up....the emergency section is for people who are worried about their fish and want advice...have you ever considered that a newbie might actually listen to your pathetic attempts at humour? Cut it out or confine your humour to somewhere more appropriate, or you may find yourself banned.

 

[Straydum]

yeah i also think there's something in his mouth. he is 18 inches right? so it must be something big. notice anything missing from your deco? or tank?