One of my favorite goldfish has recently become badly bloated. One side is especially distended. For the past 3 days, I've netted him out of the tank and placed him in an epsom salt bath in a 5gal bucket with ~3gal of water and 3 tablespoons of epsom salt for about 30-45min. He hasn't been given food the past 3-4days as well. No relief yet for this guy. I'm not sure what else I can do.
A little backgroud: This fish is in a room temperature 55g with another fancy and one comet. Weekly fin-level water changes and nitrates maintained well under 20ppm. Typically 10ppm on day 7. Main food is Omega one goldfish pellets, with occasional freeze dried blood worms and meal worms. Occasional Zoo Med Spirulina flake as well. I feed no more than 5days/week. Tank is filtered with an AC110, a big sponge bubbler and has a pothos plant growing out of the tank.
A little backgroud: This fish is in a room temperature 55g with another fancy and one comet. Weekly fin-level water changes and nitrates maintained well under 20ppm. Typically 10ppm on day 7. Main food is Omega one goldfish pellets, with occasional freeze dried blood worms and meal worms. Occasional Zoo Med Spirulina flake as well. I feed no more than 5days/week. Tank is filtered with an AC110, a big sponge bubbler and has a pothos plant growing out of the tank.