what can i do to help my twitching sun catfish?

fishie650 · Post by **fishie650** » 03 Jun 2007, 05:29

i have a sun catfish. as i stared closley at, i notice its swimming pattern has changed. as it swims, it occasionaly twitches in the direction it is going in. at one point, it twitched into the gravel

. Any advice?

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 03 Jun 2007, 09:56

If it repeated "flicking" particularly where it rubs itself on the gravel or a stone etc it is being irritated by something on the skin.

Is this happening very occasionally or repeatedly? This could be a number of things but some external influence is likely. Is there anything visible? Have you fed non-safe live foods that might have had a contaminant? Without seeing exactly what is happening or how often it is hard to be 100% sure but treating with a standard cure for external parasites may be the way forward if this is a new occurance & it is happening regularly. Always be careful to work out the water volume so you don't overdose & be aware that some scaleless cats don't react well to treatments in the tank water. If you do treat at all err on the side of caution & closely monitor what is going on. It would be helpful to identify what circumstances preceeded the twitching starting in order to prevent it happening again

fishie650 · Post by **fishie650** » 16 Jun 2007, 01:26

thanks.

turns out my fish hat ich. it wasn't visable at first, but became really apparent couple of days afterwards. he's doing great now.