Can someone tell me if this looks like fish TB?

So my red platy has been acting weird, like hiding and acting very skiddish. I am afraid she may have fish TB because i feel like her spine may be a bit bent. Can someone tell me if that’s possible? Thanks!

 

So my red platy has been acting weird, like hiding and acting very skiddish. I am afraid she may have fish TB because i feel like her spine may be a bit bent. Can someone tell me if that’s possible? Thanks!

Just looked at my plays behind me, they don't look like that! I think she was born with a spine deformation. If yu have the time and effort to help her grow and live do so, if not, ethanize. Its for the best ...

 

Just looked at my plays behind me, they don't look like that! I think she was born with a spine deformation. If yu have the time and effort to help her grow and live do so, if not, ethanize. Its for the best ...

She has just developed this in the past week. Her spine did not look like this a week ago so i don’t think it’s a genetic thing.

 

She has just developed this in the past week. Her spine did not look like this a week ago so i don’t think it’s a genetic thing.

hmmm, very stange. What are your tank paremiters and how often do you clen and feed what and tank mates?

 

So my red platy has been acting weird, like hiding and acting very skiddish. I am afraid she may have fish TB because i feel like her spine may be a bit bent. Can someone tell me if that’s possible? Thanks!

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Here's a paper on spinal deformities. It's specific to koi but I think a lot of it is applicable to other fish. There are many causes of spinal deformation other than "TB" (which isn't even mentioned).

 

Absolutely! Here you go


Tank

What is the water volume of the tank? 37 gallons
How long has the tank been running? 9 months
Does it have a filter? Yes
Does it have a heater? Yes
What is the water temperature? 76.5F
What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.)
Male Dwarf gourami
Platys
Molly
False julii Cory
Neon tetras
rabbit snails
Neirite snail
Pond snails
Amano shrimp

Maintenance
How often do you change the water? Every week
How much of the water do you change? 25-30%
What do you use to treat your water? Prime
Do you vacuum the substrate or just the water? I vacuum the substrate a little but mostly just the water because i have live plants


*Parameters - Very Important
Did you cycle your tank before adding fish? No
What do you use to test the water? Api master test kit
What are your parameters? We need to know the exact numbers, not just “fine” or “safe”.

Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 20-40ppm
pH: 8.4

Feeding
How often do you feed your fish? Every night to every other night
How much do you feed your fish? 2 crushed up aqueon shrimp pellets
What brand of food do you feed your fish? Aqueon or hikari
Do you feed frozen or freeze-dried foods? Not normally

Illness & Symptoms
How long have you had this fish? Over a year
How long ago did you first notice these symptoms? She’s always been a skiddish fish but never showed other symptoms, it started getting worse about a week ago
In a few words, can you explain the symptoms? Curved spine, swimming a bit weird, was hiding while in main tank but not anymore in the quarantine tank.
Have you started any treatment for the illness? I gave a dose of kanaplex
Was your fish physically ill or injured upon purchase? No
How has its behavior and appearance changed, if at all? No

Explain your emergency situation in detail. (Please give a clear explanation of what is going on, include details from the beginning of the illness leading up to now) when she was the only platy in the tank she would hide a lot and act very skiddish when i came up to the tank. I thought it would get better once i added more platys but it did not. Recently she started acting extra weird and once i noticed the curved spine i put her in quarantine immediately. Her spine looks more curved than it did even a day ago but other than that she’s swimming around pretty normally.

 

Not sure what this is. All of my original platies look like this, but they’re just old. They’re all around four years old, and just a clump of happy old ladies. It’s very odd for something like this to appear so suddenly.

 

It's definitely a bit off to happen so suddenly.

My only experience with spinal deformation is a zebra danio who has been like that since birth. Over the last 2 1/2 years it has slowly gotten worse but doesn't impede their swimming or eating. Which is why I haven't euthanized, I would go down that route if my fish was suffering.

I do know a friend who had a finish get scared and injury itself, leaving it with a spinal deformation. I'm not saying this is what happened in your case but it is possible. I'm not convinced on how likely this is though to be honest.