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mrtom's Cardinal Tetra looks sick

mrtom · 2012-04-29 15:04:11

The Cardinal Tetra's odd behaviour started 4 days ago. As you observe in the you tube video clip, there is a twist in his body and the nose is down and appears to be struggling. He has been resident for 2 months along with 9 others. Water is within parameters. Has anyone seen this before and any advice appreciated.…

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29-04-2012 4:04pm

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mrtom

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The Cardinal Tetra's odd behaviour started 4 days ago. As you observe in the you tube video clip, there is a twist in his body and the nose is down and appears to be struggling. He has been resident for 2 months along with 9 others. Water is within parameters. Has anyone seen this before and any advice appreciated.

http://www.youtube.com/user/decode41/videos

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#2 29-04-2012 9:16pm
fred funk }{

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Never seen anything like that before. Maybe it was physically injured some how as he looks healthy otherwise.

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#3 30-04-2012 3:39pm
Degsy

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Looks like his back is broken. Poor sod.

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#4 01-05-2012 11:17am
mrtom

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As his undiagnosed condition deterioated and he was rejected by the other Cardinals, his solo voyage was brought to an end. Euthanised with clove oil, his short life came to a peacefull end. Not sure what I'v learned from this.

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