My goldfish swims around in a loop?

Question

my goldfish keeps swimming around in a loop,I think one of his fin got paralized so it goes around in a circle.It looks up and down with his eyes and a look that want to say "I've been here before"is there anything I can do?

Answer 1

Maybe...

http://www.angelfire.com/blues/fish_problems/main.html

I think that maybe you are over feeding your fish.

Bacterial Bloom

Bacterial Bloom

Symptoms: Gasping, reddened gills, pale color, periodic excitability which can be accompanied by jumping out of the water, spinning. Water may appear cloudy white and smell milky, though this does not always occur.

Cause(s): Overfeeding, overcrowding, extremely poor filtration, aeration, or current, poor tank maintenance by owner, dead spots.

Many different species of bacteria could be responsible for this problem. Their effects are numerous, from changing the water quality to infecting the fish directly. The most notable effect is usally to deplete the water of Oxygen, leading to Hypoxia.

A power outage that lasts too long can destroy the beneficial bacteria residing in the filter and aquarium, and their decomposition can wreak havok to the water quality, and possibly contributing to an increase of harmful pathogenic bacteria in the water.

Course Of Action: Ideally, fish should be transfered immediately to a new tank with fresh water. If this is not possible, a full water change should be performed. All equipment should be removed, scrubbed and rinsed to remove bacteria. Filtration and aeration should be increased.

Dead spots are areas where little or no current exists. This can often be identified by an excess of mulm or detritus. Either a small rearrangement of decor, or a change in location of the filter, can help divert some current to the area.

Answer 2

Sympatico Loop

Answer 3

you will need at a 10 gal tank for goldfish since they do go fast and will grow out of a small tank the goldfish do swim around in circle but don't worry about it my did the same thing. just make sure you don't have any other fish in the tank since gold fish do eat others at time.

Answer 4

How big a tank do you have?

Goldfish normally swim around their 'home' but I would assume you have the goldfish in a small tank and well, he has no where else to go.

Answer 5

I would buy something bigger with features and attractions. He's bored....wouldn't you be if all you could do all day was to swim around a bowl?

get the goldfish out of the bowl!

Answer 6

i think you should go to a pet store and get some slime coat and this stuff in a blue bottle if it is a parilized fin this will help

Answer 7

Show him the movie 'Finding Nemo'. Your fish will relate to the character of Nemo and it will inspire him to go on with his disability.

Answer 8

fish only av a 3 secound memory so it probally swims round forgets everythin n swims round again...n again...n again....n again

Answer 9

Arew you sure its not sick? This can be cause by internal parasites.

Go to you local petstore and describe what is happening.

Answer 10

enjoy the show!!

if he needs different things to look at....change the location of the bowl.