I noticed the other day that my female Blue jaw was swimming on her sides alot, at first i thought it was just getting better lines of sight when feeding but she rarely comes out of the rock work now unless to feed which she does with gusto and swims predominantly on her sides, from one to the other.
She eats heartily and whilst doing so seems to flip from one side to the other and i've just never seen either of them do this before, i've had them around 2 months, there are no visible signs of a problem, no laboured breathing, no marks, swellings, missing scales.
They are beautiful fish with tons of personality, especially the "i hope your going to feed me" look when i'm messing around over the tank with something
Is this a usual behaviour or should i be worried, the male swims fine as do the other inhabitants.
Hoping someone can set me straight on what this may be, as of yet i haven't found any info on this being part of their behaviour, i'm missing something but don't know what, is it some sort of swim bladder problem or a balance problem?
Thanx in advance
Anton
She eats heartily and whilst doing so seems to flip from one side to the other and i've just never seen either of them do this before, i've had them around 2 months, there are no visible signs of a problem, no laboured breathing, no marks, swellings, missing scales.
They are beautiful fish with tons of personality, especially the "i hope your going to feed me" look when i'm messing around over the tank with something
Is this a usual behaviour or should i be worried, the male swims fine as do the other inhabitants.
Hoping someone can set me straight on what this may be, as of yet i haven't found any info on this being part of their behaviour, i'm missing something but don't know what, is it some sort of swim bladder problem or a balance problem?
Thanx in advance
Anton
