jasper the fish Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) i was re-arranging the plant and my betta came over to see what i was doing. he watches my fingers for 5 minutes, wants to play / guard his territory... i think he got overly excited... i found this youtube video: it's so strange! i was scared, i thought he died, but nope.. just fainted. wonder if its deadly. Edited March 22, 2014 by jasper the fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddzvk Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 thats odd. i've never had this especially before a water change(after a water changed id put down to stess) odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 That's very unusual. I've never heard of such a thing. Can you take a video of it? Try to replicate what happened. Well, hopefully without any harm to the fish. But it sounds an interesting phenomenon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper the fish Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) He has only fainted once but since then I have seen him get a "dizzy spell". The first time he fainted, he started to sink and swim like an eel, when they zigzag like a snake, very slowly.. It was a very distinctive swim compared to their normal swimming, it looked so unnatural to see him twist his body into a Z shape. very exaggerated movements. When he hit the bottom of the tank, he lay motionless, not even his little fins were moving, his eyes weren't moving either. He didn't even reflex or react to any sounds or movements I made. He swam away when I tried to pick him up with a small cup, seems he woke up or was pretending. Then a few hours after that I was getting some tank water in a small cup for a test kit, he saw the plants moving and did the same fainted zig-zag swim, but as soon as I took the cup out, he seemed to snap out of it and didn't get to reach the bottom. I'm thinking some kind of peculiar brain behaviour.. Perhaps when they get too excited and they don't breathe, or a neurological thing... The only other thing I can think of is the possibility of personality.. The guppy in the video seems to be playing dead to get attention for food, as the lady in the video described. I'm definitely going to record my fish tank with my phone whenever I'm cleaning his tank next week. I hope he displays this type of behaviour for my camera next week so that I can get a recorded account of this, but hopefully there's nothing wrong with his brain or functions. very peculiar indeed Edited March 23, 2014 by jasper the fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Curiouser and curiouser! I hope it's not some kind of health issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I had a female that did the zig zag thing! I only ever saw it once but she probably did it more? She was in a community tank and one day I just found her dead. I have no idea what happened. :/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94vtirozguy Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 have had male guppies do the same thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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