Hello,
I need some advice and help with my goldfish. I have 4 goldfish (3 orandas and 1 ryukin) in a 40g hex. They have been in this tank for 3 months and are going to be going into a 120 gallon within the next 3 months when I move to a larger apartment.
They have been doing great. Then yesterday, I notice one of the orandas has developed what appeared to be a case of bad swim bladder which isn't unusual. I gave them some lettuce for roughage / fresh food as that seems to help when they show swim bladder symptoms. The fish was staying at the surface and when it would swim down into the water, if it wasn't deliberately trying to swim it would bob back to the surface. She seemed okay otherwise. Sometimes while at the surface she would roll to her side a bit.
It was the same this morning. But since I have come home from work, she seems pooped out and is staying at the surface, on her side, not moving apart from her mouth, tail hanging sort of limply. She is alive and her mouth/gills are moving like they do, but she isn't moving the rest of her body. I have looked at her very closely and her fins have a sort of wilted look to the very tips. She is a white fish and her fins are mostly clear white, the wilted looking area at the very edges looks milky and maybe a bit slimy.
What can I do? Is there something I should treat the water with? Please help, I'm very attached to her and want to do everything I can. She's my favorite fish. =/
The water has had a partial water change. The other fish are acting absolutely normal and fine.
I need some advice and help with my goldfish. I have 4 goldfish (3 orandas and 1 ryukin) in a 40g hex. They have been in this tank for 3 months and are going to be going into a 120 gallon within the next 3 months when I move to a larger apartment.
They have been doing great. Then yesterday, I notice one of the orandas has developed what appeared to be a case of bad swim bladder which isn't unusual. I gave them some lettuce for roughage / fresh food as that seems to help when they show swim bladder symptoms. The fish was staying at the surface and when it would swim down into the water, if it wasn't deliberately trying to swim it would bob back to the surface. She seemed okay otherwise. Sometimes while at the surface she would roll to her side a bit.
It was the same this morning. But since I have come home from work, she seems pooped out and is staying at the surface, on her side, not moving apart from her mouth, tail hanging sort of limply. She is alive and her mouth/gills are moving like they do, but she isn't moving the rest of her body. I have looked at her very closely and her fins have a sort of wilted look to the very tips. She is a white fish and her fins are mostly clear white, the wilted looking area at the very edges looks milky and maybe a bit slimy.
What can I do? Is there something I should treat the water with? Please help, I'm very attached to her and want to do everything I can. She's my favorite fish. =/
The water has had a partial water change. The other fish are acting absolutely normal and fine.