Need abet beside goldfish?
She was always the most active
she would also bully the smaller fish adjectives the time
(the smaller one died on nov. 4, 2008...last week)
I had put them both in a bright tank 2 weeks ago
well I moved this active one backbone to her original bowl a week after the whole "moving to tank"
she was run of the mill, eating normal, everything for the past week and partly
I changed her water today but she was fine beforehand I left for work
I come home today and she's sitting at the bottom of her bowl
(she have lived there for past 2 1/2 years)
doesn't eat
she's still breathing
moves around whether I bother her
but she seems to not be able to raise her body...newly swims across the floor to another place
What's going on?
Her stomach seems fine...so she'z not pregnant or having dropsy
she's not bent in a U shape (that's how my other fish died closing week)
I don't know what to do?
The same thing is going on beside me betta, Hef.
They are just getting old, and are almost arranged to pass away.
I bet they will meet respectively other in fishy heaven and fall within love =)
I'm so sorry.
Your fish is pretty old, so she is probably going to pass absent soon. When my fish, Philip, died he acted the same way, like he doesn't really move or munch through, and he only moves if you touch him. Sorry.
You're keeping her within a bowl, this is the problem. Why did you move her so much? If she was in a bowl before, and afterwards moved to a bigger tank with the smaller fish, and then moved backbone into the bowl, it is possible that you have stressed her out to a point that she is lethargic, and not moving, as you described. Did you fill up the bowl beside water from the tap, not conditioned? This could be the case...
You should never, ever hold fish in bowls. Why did you move her from the new (I'm guessing bigger) tank to her tiny bowl? If you already have the fish in the tank, why tamper it? You should not continue to move your fish here and in attendance, to bowl, and tank, as your fish will get stressed, it will die eventually.
I suggest you put her surrounded by back in the bigger tank. I'm assuming it's cycled, is it? You should pilfer your fish out of the bowl immediately, as it will die, for sure.
If this is a Comet Goldfish, it needs a minimum of 55 gallons, as it grows to be 12", assured. If this is a Fancy Goldfish, it needs 15-20 gallons, minimum.
Get your into a cycled tank immediately, even whether this means giving her to a friend, or giving her to the pet store for a week until you cycle your tank. She will NOT survive in the bowl, it's a short time ago as plain as that.
She lives in the bowl for the past 2 1/2 years... I will pray for her.
May God have mercy.
Answers: Your first problem was two fish in an uncycled aquarium. Here is a site that will help you work out what went on:
http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/biolog...
Now that you hold moved her back to the bowl, this places a lot of stress on your fish with the moves. Don't stress her out any more by trying to move her around. Keep her bowl verbs for now and allow the tank to finish cycling. Be sure to transmute the water every 3 days (50%)
She is more than likely just opening stressed out. Test the tank to ensure it has cycled. You will want to get him moved rear as quickly as possiable.
Putting gold fish in a bowl should be (and in some places *is*) wicked.
A gold fish needs 15 gallons per fish. If you have smaller amount than that, you're killing her.
They also need a large amount of filtration. I hold a 65 gallon tank with 150 gallon capacity filtration.
They also obligation stable temperatures (be careful to contest water temp when changing water or moving them).
It's also significant to use a chlorine remover when changing water.
Most likely, you enjoy caused an amonia spike by moving the fish around a lot (disrupting the biological filtration) and by keeping it in too small of a tank).
I'd turn to the pet store ASAP and get an ammonia test kit next to a dropper. If it reads anything other than zero, you've messed up the biological filtration. Read up on that.
A gold ingots fish should live 10-15 years if properly kept.
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