Kuhli loach acting stranger than usual

[deanrar]

Hi,
I've had my kuhli for about a month now and got used to him going crazy wriggling everywhere and then settling down under his half coconut with java moss on. But over the last couple of days he is now almost vibrating or spazaming insted of wriggling then laying on its side and I don't know what is wrong, is he not long for this world?
Any suggestions or ideas on what to do will be much appreciated as I'm really attached to the little guy.

[shari2]

Hi deanrar and welcome to LOL.

Can't really say what's happening based on your description. Any way you could post a picture or give some more details?

Size of tank, substrate, water paramenters, other occupants, what you feed etc?

[deanrar]

Sorry i didnt really know what information to put but here it goes:
tank size 34 Gallon
tank mates are 3 congo tetra, 2 dalmation mollies, 2 panda cory cats, 2 peppered cory cats and 4 little algae shrimp,
substrate is black sand,
i do at least 30% water changes every week,
feed erveryday with algae wafer, flake or dried tubifex and have recently tried frozen blood worm,
i havent had the what parameters tested since about a week after i got the loach and I was told everything was fine and temp is 24 or 76 degrees.
and like i said before he has been acting really strange and laying on his side which i have never seen him do before and when swimming around he seems to almost vibrate quite eratically now instead of just wriggling which I was used to.

[deanrar]

hi,
he's still going but n ot doin much movin just shuffle around under some plants in the shade then lays on its side again. I did a 50% water change and I still don't see any physical signs of sickness, any1 got any ideas?

[Graeme Robson]

With Pangio's being notorious of being bad travelers, there are some that just don't adjust to the water conditions. I know a lot of lfs who wont order these in, because of the process within shipping these around. I've seen and Had a few Pangio's over the years that just curl up and die. No physical damage can be seen. So my assumption is that it's a internal problem. And a unknown one to me.