Can fish have brain damage???

Took the gravel out last year. The other fishies' excrement is normal and
short. Goldie doesn't have any (that I've seen) as since nothing is going in,
nothing comes out.... Did a 30% change again yesterday... Will check the
levels later today....

Magic menagerie wrote:

Took the gravel out last year. The other fishies' excrement is normal and
short. Goldie doesn't have any (that I've seen) as since nothing is going in,
nothing comes out.... Did a 30% change again yesterday... Will check the
levels later today....

does the ill fish open its mouth at all??

Yes, it does open its mouth. The gills are pumping too... Just seems to swim
around in a daze though... The others target for the food when fed, but Goldie
"just keeps on swimming" like Dorie from Nemo... (that song is sticking in my
mind) Doesn't notice the food at all...

try hand feeding

Magic menagerie wrote:

Yes, it does open its mouth. The gills are pumping too... Just seems to swim
around in a daze though... The others target for the food when fed, but Goldie
"just keeps on swimming" like Dorie from Nemo... (that song is sticking in my
mind) Doesn't notice the food at all...

I've noticed that while Goldie's mouth moves, only one of its gills seems to
open fully. Maybe the lack of air gave it a stroke? I'll take it out of the
tank and hand feed it from the "sick bucket" tomorrow. It's much easier to do
from the bucket than chase it around a 50 gal tank, and I'll know if anything
goes in or out of it....

"Magic menagerie" wrote in message
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I've noticed that while Goldie's mouth moves, only one of its gills seems
to
open fully. Maybe the lack of air gave it a stroke? I'll take it out of
the
tank and hand feed it from the "sick bucket" tomorrow. It's much easier
to do
from the bucket than chase it around a 50 gal tank, and I'll know if
anything
goes in or out of it....

Loss of motor function to one side of the body (hemiperisis) following a
stroke presents most severely in the extremities (e.g. foot & hand are
weaker than thigh & shoulder in the case of humans). Motor function closest
to body core is typically less affected. In a GF I'd expect fins to be more
severely affected than gills.. Is Goldie's fin movement reduced on affected
side?
~ Matt

No, other than it's left gill being almost non moving, it seems ok. Fins move
fine. It's in the bucket again with an airstone and tunnel piece. I tried to
get it to eat, but it just spits it out again. Doesn't seem to notice it's
fave shrimpies. I tried to see what was causing the gill cover to "stick", but
can't figure it out. I tried to gently move it, and it seems kinda ok, but then
just closes up again. It was too easy to grab it out of the tank. It's too
passive, and doesn't give much of a struggle... Something is seriously wrong,
I just can't pinpoint it....