Fish Spasms

[jamesbaur13]

I recently picked up a small yellow coris wrasse. Recently I have noticed he'll have a fit/spasm. My guess is the poor dude has some kind of neurological disorder. I'm not sure what could be done to help this guy. I did not get pics or video of his condition, but I did manage to find a YouTube video of a fish which seems to have an identical condition so you can observe what I'm talking about.

https://youtu.be/z4c3jDZAw50

 

[Doogy]

My initial response was going to be flukes or possible signs of aggression, but I don't know what that is lol. Does your wrasse just lay lifeless like that? So weird.

 

[jamesbaur13]

Pretty much, yes. This most recent time he was curled up and floating at the top of the tank, I thought he was dead. I opened the lid to scoop him out, then he started moving slightly. Over the span of a 5 mins he gradually recovered from it and returned normal.

 

[pmcarbrey]

Pretty much, yes. This most recent time he was curled up and floating at the top of the tank, I thought he was dead. I opened the lid to scoop him out, then he started moving slightly. Over the span of a 5 mins he gradually recovered from it and returned normal.

Did you QT him? I personally wouldn't want a fish that had an undiagnosed disorder in any of my tanks.

As to what it has, I have no idea, it really does look like some sort of neurological disorder.

 

[kelp47]

How frequently does your fish do this, and how long does it last? Is he eating?
I don't know that I can help, but this might be useful information to help someone figure it out.