I once owned two black goldfish and in the morning I'd wake up and they'd be on the ground. This happened several times until I got a bigger tank with a cover. Has this happened to anyone else of did I have mentally disturbed fish?
2006-08-12 07:54:07 · 23 answers · asked by James II 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
LMAO wow best question ever. Nope never has happened to me. I usally kill them on accident before they have the chance.... *wink, wink* Maybe they just love you so much that when your gone they are trying to get to you. Wow i know sounds weird right?? You just bought crazy fish.....
2006-08-12 07:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by Brittany 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Check your water for acid and nitrate levels. If your fish act "nervous" and dash around a lot then your water is likely filling up with acids and waste nitrogen product. change the water, but let the new water sit uncovered for a day to let chlorine gas off into the air before you use it. You might like to use some of the chemical modifiers to get rid of chloramines. just a few drops at a time, and clean your filters. Using a charcoal filter sometimes helps but that should only be an emergency measure(carbon loads up and quits working after a week or two). Don't overfeed, not any more than they can eat in five minutes, use a timer to check, even a watch. They are better off a little bit hungry than overfed.
I just notice that you said "Had" as in past tense, Oh well, maybe this will help if you get more or somebody else will find it useful, and yes I have had this happen a couple of times from overloading a tank.
2006-08-12 08:08:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I had three black goldfish in a 20 gallon tank and about a week after i got them two of them were dead.
2006-08-12 08:04:20 · answer #3 · answered by 123456 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I had a goldfish that committed suicide. I saved him once. But I found him months later on the gtround again, he had succeeded. However, I too got a lid for my tank...and this hasn't happened since.
2006-08-12 08:01:26 · answer #4 · answered by Jaded Ruby 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something's up with ure water maybe. It's just like when whales beach themselves. Apparantly sometimes its cause the ocean isn't clean enough or something for them so they try to get out.
I remember one of my goldfish doing that once when I put her in another bowl while I was cleaning the tank.
2006-08-12 07:57:14 · answer #5 · answered by M C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some fish do that.
I'd loose my iridescent sharks if I didn't have a lid, they get startled and all hell breaks lose.
It's sad, I lost my Golden Algae Eater that way.
He fell like 5 feet.
I wasn't home my bf heard him jump and stuck him back in, but the fall is what killed him.
2006-08-12 11:38:55 · answer #6 · answered by lilith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main problem is that there is no reason for you to not have a cover on any fish tank.
2006-08-12 08:02:09 · answer #7 · answered by rubentolon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, my little sister onced owned a Betta fish and on the first day we bought it it jumped out and we never found it again. It is still missing inside our living room.
2006-08-12 07:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by Ψ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a couple weeks ago we discovered we had a suicidal shark type fish in our 500 gallon tank. He jumped out and we found him at the back of the tank after he had rotted! :(
2006-08-12 07:59:50 · answer #9 · answered by Bride2Be 8/30/08 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you solved the problem then do not worry who else has had it before...BUT to be honest I never had the trouble with GOLDFISH but with Betta they are looking for another feeding hole that is what bettas do...maybe a clean place too!
They are NOT NUTTERS! NOT MENTAL!
2006-08-12 08:03:02 · answer #10 · answered by Samuella BurrowShire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my family had a few goldfish some years back,
i put his bowl by the sink to get ready to change the water
as i was purifying it, he mustve jumped down the drain
cause when i went back he was gone and there was water all over the counter leading to the sink.
it pretty much traumatized my little brothers
2006-08-12 07:57:58 · answer #11 · answered by ♫! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋