I had these four goldfish. They were being temporarily held in a 15gal until my pond is finished. Well last week when I was cruising CL I found a free 40gal, so I went and got it and finally got it set up the day before yesterday. I used seeded substrate and the filter that was on the 15gal so that I didn't have to cycle the tank and transferred the goldies over to the 40gal so they could have a bigger home until the pond was complete. Well when I was transferring the goldies over to the 40gal I noticed one of them looked sunken in in the abdomen area. I thought I was just seeing things or maybe she just had a deformity as who knows what genetics $.13 feeders have. Well today I went into the fish room to find her dead. Makes me sad. I got her along with three other feeders from a lady who kept them in a fish bowl and hoped to give them a better life. I inspected her body and there is no visible signs of illness(parasites/fungal) from the outside. She never acted weird prior to her death, she was eating fine. I don't know how long she's been sunken as I kept a relatively dim light bulb in the hood when I had them in the 15gal.
I don't feed live food, their main staple is pelleted food and occasion I feed them frozen beef heart and brine shrimp. Any ideas? None of the other goldies have any symptoms.
Just a note I know a 40gal is too small as I'm sure some of you will mention, a pond is being built as we speak so no worries
I don't feed live food, their main staple is pelleted food and occasion I feed them frozen beef heart and brine shrimp. Any ideas? None of the other goldies have any symptoms.
Just a note I know a 40gal is too small as I'm sure some of you will mention, a pond is being built as we speak so no worries