I'm currently having a problem with my black moor. He's been very lethargic for the past day but I thought it would just pass and then today I see that he's really bad. Struggling to get up and breathe. He keeps getting worse. I did a full tank clean and put him back and it looked like he was doing better for about a minute and now he's struggling to breathe again. I have a ten gallon tank and I've never had any problems with him before. Please help, I don't know what to do, I'm so afraid that he will die.
Sick sad goldfish
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Also I've only had him for about a year and I got him from Walmart, maybe that was a mistake
Tifftastic
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Lots of things here could be the issue. . . Doing a full tank drain when a fish is in duress as moving them causes more stress.
Questions:
What is your normal tank maintenance routine?
What are your water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, temperature)?
Any changes to the tank recently?
Questions:
What is your normal tank maintenance routine?
What are your water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, temperature)?
Any changes to the tank recently?
I usually replace about 25% of the water every week. The water stays around 67-68. I don't usually test for ammonia and nitrates, which obviously I should, but for the most part the water always looks pretty clean. Nothing's changed in the tank
Actually the only thing I can of is that I went away for three weeks last month and had someone else take care of them, so possibly they did something wrong.
Tifftastic
"With your powers combined . . ."
Having the tank look clean means nothing. Especially with a dirty fish like goldfish. I would recommend getting a kit and testing the water. But also doing a couple of 25-50% changes until the fish is acting normal again. My guess is ammonia poisoning. But hard to say for sure without knowing the parameters.
I have an undergravel filter. I put him in a smaller tank with some of his tank water and I took the tank outside and sprayed it down with the hose, shaking up all the rocks and scrubbing the insides and then dumping that out. When I filled it back up I use aquasafe for goldfish and I made sure the water was the same temperature before I put him in.
With doing that to the UGF filter media, you may have lost a lot of the BB. Same for scrubbing the surfaces inside. You need that liquid test kit to monitor ammonia and nitrite levels as the BB re-establishes. What is the driving force for the UGF...air stones? I wouldn't personally keep one fancy in a 10 gal tank...20 long minimum. And I would have a secondary HOB on it along with the UGF and preferably drive the UGF as a RUGF with a small powerhead for such a messy fish.