gogomarigo Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) Not the best video but here is a clip that shows the strange movements my sparkling gourami makes: He does this nearly every time he opens his mouth to eat something (not every single time though). To me, it seems kinda like a twitch or a tic in humans. This has been happening for the past couple of weeks. Otherwise, no change in behavior. Still actively exploring around the tank. Still eating regularly. Still being a shy guy when I approach the tank too suddenly. I thought maybe it was something neurological but today I thought I saw some white worm-like things around his mouth so I thought I’d ask on this forum. Has anyone noticed this type of fish movement before? Again, it seems to only happen when he opens his mouth. He’s in a heavily planted 10 gallon tank (just did a big trim yesterday) with some Amano shrimp, blue neo shrimp, pygmy corys, chili rasboras, and a nerite snail. Up until a month ago, he had lived with a female sparkling gourami but she unfortunately got stuck in a clay shrimp dome (which has since been removed) and didn’t make it. water parameters using Aquarium Co-Op test strips: pH: 6.4 nitrate: 50 nitrite: 0 ammonia: 0 GH: 150 KH: 40 chlorine: 0 temperature: 75 Thanks in advance! Edited February 15, 2022 by gogomarigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Odd swimming behaviour can be caused by parasites as you saw a white worm it could be tapeworms as you have shrimp and snails I would treat with paracleanse as it shrimp and snail safe you will have to do to course of treatment 2 weeks apart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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