Long horn cow fish

[slappyjaw]

Hey guys, I have a long horned cow fish, I've had him for about 5 - 6 months now and for some reason today i found him laying down on the bottom of the tank, he was right side up and was moving his fins and i could see his gills moving and all. When i moved something close to him after a few seconds he find of moved and then started to swim around, then went back to the bottom of the tank. Hes done that about 5 times now. Is he sick or going to die? Does this sound like a problem. I have a QT Tank up just in case.:worried:

 

[luvabunny]

I would go ahead and move him to QT. Cowfish can be toxic when they die.

Sounds like a problem to me, but I don't have any answers. Hope he makes it. They are cool fish! Sorry.

 

[slappyjaw]

thank you for the reply, i dont get it when i woke up he was laying at the bottom of the tank, i thought he was dead, but when i turned the light on he started to swim around again. He seems a little disoriented. I'm wondering, could this be velvet?

 

[Ethan Music]

sorry to hear hope he pulls through yea definatly QT him because like above when they die they realease toxic stuff and than you have more than one problem.