Angelfish flips

shrimp pliskin · 06-12-2012, 02:48 PM

Anyone else have an angelfish that does flips?

He goes to the bottom of the tank to get a piece of food then does a somersault! I've had him for a couple years but he just started doing it. He does it all the time now and it's almost like he's doing it for fun.

NWA-Planted · 06-12-2012, 02:53 PM

Last time I had any fish doing flips.... I found him upside down permanently... how long has it been going on?

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Ganyon · 06-12-2012, 03:27 PM

Maybe he's just happy.

shrimp pliskin · 06-12-2012, 03:28 PM

I'd say about 2-3 weeks now. He does it deliberately from what I can tell. It doesn't appear to be tied into any sort of illness as he still acts the same way he always has. Just now he does somersaults lol.

I'll upload a video to youtube. It's fun to watch.

**Fdsh5** · 06-12-2012, 03:47 PM

No flips but I have one that likes to swim upside down to eat.

NWA-Planted · 06-12-2012, 04:28 PM

How bizarre, what's the video link, I want to see this!

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shinycard255 · 06-12-2012, 05:00 PM

Video or I don't believe you

shrimp pliskin · 06-12-2012, 05:19 PM

I'll upload it to youtube tonight when I get home.

jcgd · 06-12-2012, 06:11 PM

My will chill there and let himself drift to a horizontal position. Looks like he's calling it quits, but he's been doing it for months.

PlantedRich · 06-13-2012, 02:29 AM

I had an angel that did that for quite some time before dying. I suspect a swim bladder problem which they are able to deal with for a time before it gets out of control. As it became worse it took more and more effort to stay level and he finally just did not make it. You might check your PH/GH/Kh and ask if there has been any major change.

**CrazyCatPeekin** · 06-13-2012, 12:25 PM

OH! I was hoping to see a video here this morning.

**acitydweller** · 06-13-2012, 12:45 PM

video or it never happened

PlantedRich · 06-13-2012, 01:13 PM

It is not really hard to figure when you think how a fish floats so easily. If you sport fish, you find they have an air sac in the upper part of their body. Normally this sac is the correct size to make the fish just float level. When there is an illness which leads to fluid in this air sac, it becomes a problem. As the fish tips to pick food off the bottom, the fluid can come to the front, tipping the fish over. He fights to right himself and sometimes it looks like doing flips. If fish had a better set of face movements we might see it is not much fun for him. At some point it may get better or it may get out of control.

shrimp pliskin · 06-13-2012, 01:20 PM

Sorry the video is so dark. If I flip on the light and stand near the tank the angelfish thinks it's feeding time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Jpyz5echw

I agree that he probably doesn't find it "fun" but what I'm not sure is if this is a learned behavior, since he recently started doing it, or a sign of something health related. I hope it's the former.

**vincenz** · 06-13-2012, 01:37 PM

Seems like his heart is set on the Ringling Bros.

06-12-2012, 02:48 PM	#1
shrimp pliskin Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 96	Angelfish flips Anyone else have an angelfish that does flips? He goes to the bottom of the tank to get a piece of food then does a somersault! I've had him for a couple years but he just started doing it. He does it all the time now and it's almost like he's doing it for fun.

06-12-2012, 02:53 PM	#2
NWA-Planted Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bentonville, AR Posts: 3,095	Last time I had any fish doing flips.... I found him upside down permanently... how long has it been going on? Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Sump Pimp #8 RAOK Clubber #28

06-12-2012, 04:28 PM	#6
NWA-Planted Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bentonville, AR Posts: 3,095	How bizarre, what's the video link, I want to see this! Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Sump Pimp #8 RAOK Clubber #28

06-12-2012, 05:00 PM	#7
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06-12-2012, 06:11 PM	#9
jcgd Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6/100%) Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,983	My will chill there and let himself drift to a horizontal position. Looks like he's calling it quits, but he's been doing it for months. __________________ Follow your Impulse, click here.

06-12-2012, 03:27 PM	#3
Ganyon Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Maryland Posts: 100	Maybe he's just happy.

06-12-2012, 03:28 PM	#4
shrimp pliskin Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 96	I'd say about 2-3 weeks now. He does it deliberately from what I can tell. It doesn't appear to be tied into any sort of illness as he still acts the same way he always has. Just now he does somersaults lol. I'll upload a video to youtube. It's fun to watch.

06-12-2012, 03:47 PM	#5
Fdsh5 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (28/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,050	No flips but I have one that likes to swim upside down to eat.

06-12-2012, 05:19 PM	#8
shrimp pliskin Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 96	I'll upload it to youtube tonight when I get home.

06-13-2012, 02:29 AM	#10
PlantedRich Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Pflugerville, Tx Posts: 1,513	I had an angel that did that for quite some time before dying. I suspect a swim bladder problem which they are able to deal with for a time before it gets out of control. As it became worse it took more and more effort to stay level and he finally just did not make it. You might check your PH/GH/Kh and ask if there has been any major change.

06-13-2012, 12:25 PM	#11
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06-13-2012, 01:13 PM	#13
PlantedRich Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Pflugerville, Tx Posts: 1,513	It is not really hard to figure when you think how a fish floats so easily. If you sport fish, you find they have an air sac in the upper part of their body. Normally this sac is the correct size to make the fish just float level. When there is an illness which leads to fluid in this air sac, it becomes a problem. As the fish tips to pick food off the bottom, the fluid can come to the front, tipping the fish over. He fights to right himself and sometimes it looks like doing flips. If fish had a better set of face movements we might see it is not much fun for him. At some point it may get better or it may get out of control.

06-13-2012, 01:20 PM	#14
shrimp pliskin Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 96	Sorry the video is so dark. If I flip on the light and stand near the tank the angelfish thinks it's feeding time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Jpyz5echw I agree that he probably doesn't find it "fun" but what I'm not sure is if this is a learned behavior, since he recently started doing it, or a sign of something health related. I hope it's the former.

06-13-2012, 01:37 PM	#15
vincenz Cryptocoryne (View User Tanks) PTrader: (37/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: New York Posts: 663	Seems like his heart is set on the Ringling Bros. __________________ "Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep." The Spawning Pool-- 75g shallow square Three Worlds-- 4g triple sphere

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