Troubled Oranda

[humBill]

Hi all. I am looking for some advice.

I have an oranda which is about 5" with quite a curved backbone. Recently
it has had a tendency to sit on the bottom. Because it is so round, it
looks quite strange - kind of teetering, head down and big round belly and
tail at almost a 45 degree angle. He has plenty of room and water
parameters HAD been good, except I finally just quit fighting with 40ish
nitrates. As mentioned in the preceding post (my response), I had an
accident with bad dechlorinator. The other two tank mates (55 gals) don't
seem much affected, but now he pretty much only sits in a corner
occasionally moving his eyes around. He will occasionally move to a
different corner and will try to eat, although he pretty much just bobs up
and down trying to get the food. He doesn't seem to be able to float or
even swim level. I have moved it to another tank where everything is the
same except nitrates are about 20, without any decernable change. (This
tank did not have an ammonia spike. )We feed them mostly Goldfish Bio Blend
and soaked fish flakes, some occasional dried blood worms and peas. He
obviously is not doing well.

Any suggestions on what I might could try/do would be greatly appreciated!

Thanxx
Bill Brister - Austin, Texas

[Koi-lo]

"humBill" > wrote in message
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> Hi all. I am looking for some advice.
>
> I have an oranda which is about 5" with quite a curved backbone. Recently
> it has had a tendency to sit on the bottom. > Any suggestions on what I
> might could try/do would be greatly appreciated!
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I know this sounds discouraging but all the GF I've had in the past that
acted that way died. I never knew what the problem was. I no longer buy GF
with a real humped back. I believe they suffer from a number of internal
problems due to the deformity just as severely deformed humans do.
Digesting their food being among such problems.
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[humBill]

>> I have an oranda which is about 5" with quite a curved backbone.
>> Recently it has had a tendency to sit on the bottom. > Any suggestions on
>> what I might could try/do would be greatly appreciated!
> =============================
> I know this sounds discouraging but all the GF I've had in the past that
> acted that way died. I never knew what the problem was. I no longer buy
> GF with a real humped back. I believe they suffer from a number of
> internal problems due to the deformity just as severely deformed humans
> do. Digesting their food being among such problems.

Naturally that is discouraging but not totally unexpected. I am just hoping
to avoid that outcome. We probably would not have bought it had I realized
what a humped back it has, but at the time we were really taken by all its
black finnage - which eventually all turned gold. This one is particularly
stout. Though maybe only an inch longer than his tank mates, he must twice
as thick from chin to top of wen. This almost seems the problem that his
head is soooo big and heavy he cant keep it up - although I realize per se
this isnt the problem.

Thanxx for the response anyway.
Bill