Hey all, I have a sick black moor goldfish (he's approximately a year old) in a 20 gallon tank. The past month he has been sluggish spending a lot of time on the bottom of the tank. He'll sit there, not moving at all until someone comes up to the tank and he'll liven up a bit again. I'm not sure if this is normal behavior or not. He eats just fine as he always did, so I'm not sure what to think.
Also, he has been experiencing some fin rot (I think) which I have been treating with aquarium salt (2 tablespoons in the 20 gallon tank) and an anti-fungal medicine that turns the water blue/green. I have used the fungal medicine 2-3 times over the past month. His fins heal up, only to rip again later.
I also thought he might have had velvet due to them having it a few months ago due to stress. I treated them for velvet and ick (not sure which it was and the people at Petsmart suggested it could be both). I've also noticed the poor fish is swimming at a slight tilt. Very slightly to the left, that is.
His top fin isn't very perky as it's bent over, but I can't remember if he always looked like that or not. >_<;
Any suggestions as to what it could be? I change 30% of the water every week, vaccum the gravel when I do that, and use a water pH balancer to make sure nothing is out of whack.
Any help? I don't want the poor guy to get any more sick than he already is and die. He's such a sweet fish.
Also, he has been experiencing some fin rot (I think) which I have been treating with aquarium salt (2 tablespoons in the 20 gallon tank) and an anti-fungal medicine that turns the water blue/green. I have used the fungal medicine 2-3 times over the past month. His fins heal up, only to rip again later.
I also thought he might have had velvet due to them having it a few months ago due to stress. I treated them for velvet and ick (not sure which it was and the people at Petsmart suggested it could be both). I've also noticed the poor fish is swimming at a slight tilt. Very slightly to the left, that is.
His top fin isn't very perky as it's bent over, but I can't remember if he always looked like that or not. >_<;
Any suggestions as to what it could be? I change 30% of the water every week, vaccum the gravel when I do that, and use a water pH balancer to make sure nothing is out of whack.
Any help? I don't want the poor guy to get any more sick than he already is and die. He's such a sweet fish.