Sick banjo or is this normal ?

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Sick banjo or is this normal ?

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Hi all :) I have a 50 gallon which has been setup now for around 6 months,At the minute there are a few corys 4 banjo cats a panaque maccus and a gold nugget pleco (L018).
The tank has been going fine with water testing great thruout,All the fish in tank are doing fine and eating as normal,The info i am looking for is about the banjo cats and their behaviour,One of the four i have has strange habits that the other three dont have,He floats to the top of the tank and takes a gulp at the surface and then just drops back thru the water landing on his tail or side even upside down then he seems fine and swims back under the wood,Is it normal for these fish to do this ? He often just lets current push him around the tank and he really does look dead :? I think but really am hoping its not a swim bladder problem can anyone help me out on this please ??

TIA

Mark :)
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