we have a few cold water fish, including a black moor
i thought he was a gonner yesterday as he was upside down
and his underneath was gold.
he gave me the fright of my life when i went to take him out.
he was like an acrobat, flips ect. iv been watching him since
and he likes to do the back stroke. he zooms around doing these flips
it looks like hes sunbathing, i have never seen or heard of this

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R.I.P My sweet Cody. xxxxx

Maybe something to do with his balance,or bloat,maybe give a day without food.We had many fish do that.

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michele im glad you know what this may be
i thought i was going round the bend
no food tonight

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R.I.P My sweet Cody. xxxxx

Wow, very interesting.

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In His Service
Theresa
and Amberleah Lou Lou

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He could have a swimbladder problem!! (sounds like he has to me)

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well i never heard of that

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R.I.P My sweet Cody. xxxxx

awwww we had a beta with a bad swim bladder. He would sink to the bottom and then frantically swim to the top to get air. He finally learned to perch in his plant and that would keep him afloat. He struggled for awhile but he did OK.

The next beta we had we thought was sick because he was blowing bubbles ALL OVER the top of his water. Then we found out that was a bubble nest and he was hoping it would attract a nice female. Fat chance!!! LOL!

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"Having heard all of this, you may choose to look the other way.....
but you can never say again that you did not know." William Wilberforce 1759-1833

When your exotic animal does something strange my #1 advise is google mating habits LOL! We had hermit crabs trying to "get it on" for a while there.