I'm not sure what's wrong. My husband is the primary goldfish person in our family and he is at work. His Joaquin (that he looked for for months to find) is floating on his side. Last night when I fed the fish he occasionally did a somersault-type move but at the time looked more like swimming under the other fish to get more food. Today he is on his side w/ his tail hanging down. I moved him out of the tank and put him in a bucket w/ a bubbler to keep oxygen going and gave him stress-coat and something-fix that my husband told me to put in there (sorry, I forget the name right now and it's on the other side of the house). Is there anything else I can do. Is it possible for him to recover? All the other fish seem fine.
Joaquin not doing well
- Thread starter bandgeek
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well it sounds like you have a bad situation on your hand. i would add 1tbsp salt per 10 gallons. you used melafix i am guessing. chances are with a rapidly degrading fish that the melafix wont do much, but it wont hurt. do you add salt to your tank?
what size tank is this fish in?
are there other fish in the tank with it and if so, what and how many?
what are your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels?
how often do you change the water and how much do you change?
are there other fish in the tank with it and if so, what and how many?
what are your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels?
how often do you change the water and how much do you change?
Dangerdoll
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while we are waiting to move into our house on Friday they are still all in a 55 gallon tank (12 goldfish, 1 betta) w/ two filters (equaling about 5-6 times the rated filtration for the tank). My husband typically does a 50% water change once a week. I'm not sure about the levels because as I said, he's the fish person.
Too many fish in too little water. The filter probably cant cope with all the fish so you must get the water tested for at least ammonia, nitrites and nitrates to see if the problem lies there. Many bacterial diseases multiply really quickly in overstocked under maintained tanks and it sound like this one is needing to be seperated into at least a 10 gallon tank or tub with clean water.
Swimbladder problems can also be at fault so dont feed the fish for three days and then try cooked squashed peas.
Get your hubby to do 50% changes each day with gravel vacs and to look at getting another large tank or two. Godfish need at least 40 gallons each and fancies at least 15 depending on size.
Swimbladder problems can also be at fault so dont feed the fish for three days and then try cooked squashed peas.
Get your hubby to do 50% changes each day with gravel vacs and to look at getting another large tank or two. Godfish need at least 40 gallons each and fancies at least 15 depending on size.