My comet goldfish, whom I have had for 4 1/2 years is sick & I'm afraid I might lose him.I know he has internal parasites,which I'm treating him for,& have been for awhile.
His tail & fins are turning blackish,& have been for a couple of weeks.
He started to act unenergetic about 4 weeks ago,but then recovered for a few days about two weeks ago.He started acting this way right after I did a complete water change.For most fish I would say thats the cause,but Alfred,my fish,has had complete water changes many times without any trouble. In fact, I think he enjoys it.
After a few weeks sitting on the bottom all day,he started floating vertically on the top and sucking air.I aerated his water for him,& right after he went belly up.He flipped back over after a few seconds & went verticle again.Afterwards he acted a bit more perky for half a minute than returned to the usual verticle.
He also lost a few scales,I don't know if this is related.
Any ideas what's the matter with him?A Cure?
2007-06-07
07:43:13
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