my friends fish is swimming on its side and has a lump on the side that is turned up it has apparantly been doing this for awhile and is still active I think it has a hemorage in its bladder i'm not sure what to do any advice?
help for a sick fish!!
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it is a common goldfish and the tank was cleaned recently but the tank was also moved closer to the window from a closed in corner
6 gallon with 4 fish all the rest are healthy
owner didn't dechlorinate the water and didn't clean it for a couple of months before that!!!
6 gallon with 4 fish all the rest are healthy
owner didn't dechlorinate the water and didn't clean it for a couple of months before that!!!
4 fish in a 6 gallon?? One of them being a gold fish. I hope all the others aren't gold fish as well. I don't think moving it closer to a window would do that. In fact all it may do is encourage algea growth. 1 gold fish shouldn't be kept in a 6 gallon. The reason for the fish acting weird is probably because he has innapropriate fish in the tank. Gold fish are very dirty fish. Pretty much the only thing thats probably going to help is a bigger tank, with cleaner water. Perhaps try to convince your friend to get 4 guppies instead.
Couple of problems. The small size of the tank is one--one goldfish would be cramped in there, much less one goldfish and some additional fish. Second, if the tank wasn't cleaned for several months, and then a large water change was done, the sudden change in conditions can harm the fish. If the cleaning was too 'good', ie, complete tear down and refill, the benficial bacteria are damaged, and the sudden parameter change is further complicated by ammonia and nitrite spikes. Small tanks must be maintained regularly and frequently to avoid sudden changes.
I'm sorry, but really the best option will be to get a larger tank, and take care of it properly. Goldfish are prone to tumors, and keeping them in cramped, dirty tanks will not help. There isn't much that canbe done for tumors--surgery is an option, but only for the experienced keeper, and not something to be done casually. Improving tank conditions, and keeping them stable, will do worlds of good.
I'm sorry, but really the best option will be to get a larger tank, and take care of it properly. Goldfish are prone to tumors, and keeping them in cramped, dirty tanks will not help. There isn't much that canbe done for tumors--surgery is an option, but only for the experienced keeper, and not something to be done casually. Improving tank conditions, and keeping them stable, will do worlds of good.