"bent" tail??

[sophie]

one of my goldfish (sarassa comet) has a strange bend in the tail part
of her spine - if she was a person it would definitely be scoliosis...
it's got worse in the last week or so; it used to be occasionally
noticeable but today is definitely there all the time. I hope the
diagram below is clear (head at top, tail at bottom, no fin)

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the only info I could find on bent spines suggested either disease,
including TB, or electric shock. The fish is otherwise fine, eating,
swimming with no problems, behaving normally, so I'm not inclined to
suspect a disease, and I honestly don't see that the filter could be
leaking electricity into the tank without shorting itself out or harming
the other fish...

is there a problem? or have I just got a wonky fish?

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sophie

[sophie]

In message >,
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>#1 cause .. vitamin C deficiency
>#2 cause ... nutrient deficiency
>#3 cause .. genetic problem
># 25 ... stray electrical current

thanks Ingrid; as the fish eats a varied (and fairly sensible, I think)
diet, can I rule out #1 and #2? and as I'm pretty sure it's not #25,
that probably leaves #3. (do I need to worry about #4 - #24??)
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>sophie > wrote:
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>>one of my goldfish (sarassa comet) has a strange bend in the tail part
>>of her spine - if she was a person it would definitely be scoliosis...
>>it's got worse in the last week or so; it used to be occasionally
>>noticeable but today is definitely there all the time. I hope the
>>diagram below is clear (head at top, tail at bottom, no fin)
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>>the only info I could find on bent spines suggested either disease,
>>including TB, or electric shock. The fish is otherwise fine, eating,
>>swimming with no problems, behaving normally, so I'm not inclined to
>>suspect a disease, and I honestly don't see that the filter could be
>>leaking electricity into the tank without shorting itself out or harming
>>the other fish...
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>>is there a problem? or have I just got a wonky fish?
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sophie

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#1 cause .. vitamin C deficiency
#2 cause ... nutrient deficiency
#3 cause .. genetic problem
# 25 ... stray electrical current

sophie > wrote:

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>one of my goldfish (sarassa comet) has a strange bend in the tail part
>of her spine - if she was a person it would definitely be scoliosis...
>it's got worse in the last week or so; it used to be occasionally
>noticeable but today is definitely there all the time. I hope the
>diagram below is clear (head at top, tail at bottom, no fin)
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>the only info I could find on bent spines suggested either disease,
>including TB, or electric shock. The fish is otherwise fine, eating,
>swimming with no problems, behaving normally, so I'm not inclined to
>suspect a disease, and I honestly don't see that the filter could be
>leaking electricity into the tank without shorting itself out or harming
>the other fish...
>
>is there a problem? or have I just got a wonky fish?



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

[[email protected]]

varied food doesnt necessarily mean there is enough vitamin C. but..... I put stray
current way down the list cause it is rare. usually people will feel a buzz from the
water and know something is up.
the fish could also have damaged the back, either when young, or, done something to
it and the muscles arent working right. sorta like bruising muscles and not being
able to move those until they heal.

sophie > wrote:

>In message >,
writes
>>#1 cause .. vitamin C deficiency
>>#2 cause ... nutrient deficiency
>>#3 cause .. genetic problem
>># 25 ... stray electrical current
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>thanks Ingrid; as the fish eats a varied (and fairly sensible, I think)
>diet, can I rule out #1 and #2? and as I'm pretty sure it's not #25,
>that probably leaves #3. (do I need to worry about #4 - #24??)
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>>sophie > wrote:



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.