My daughter has a goldfish that is just sitting at the bottom of the 10 gallon tank. It does get up and eat, but mostly it sits at the bottom of the tank.
We've had the tank set up for over a week, didn't know about having to cycle the tank, so we are in the middle of doing the water changes and checking the amonia levels which still are not under control. The last check, the level was between .25 and .50.
The tank has an airator and a filter going, a bit of gravel at the bottom, a piece of driftwood and a couple of plastic plants. She feeds it flaked Tetra Goldfish food twice a day. The water temperature has been around 70 degrees and when doing water changes, we match the temperature and declorinate the water.
The goldfish was a feeder fish she 'rescued' from the LFS. She originally had two fish, but the one came down with ich, which we treated and after the second treatment, we found it dead.
Other than the tank cycling problem, I am besides myself to figure out what is wrong with this fish. I assume that it is stressed out because the tank has not cycled, but my daughter is very concerned, since the other fish died.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
We've had the tank set up for over a week, didn't know about having to cycle the tank, so we are in the middle of doing the water changes and checking the amonia levels which still are not under control. The last check, the level was between .25 and .50.
The tank has an airator and a filter going, a bit of gravel at the bottom, a piece of driftwood and a couple of plastic plants. She feeds it flaked Tetra Goldfish food twice a day. The water temperature has been around 70 degrees and when doing water changes, we match the temperature and declorinate the water.
The goldfish was a feeder fish she 'rescued' from the LFS. She originally had two fish, but the one came down with ich, which we treated and after the second treatment, we found it dead.
Other than the tank cycling problem, I am besides myself to figure out what is wrong with this fish. I assume that it is stressed out because the tank has not cycled, but my daughter is very concerned, since the other fish died.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!