Is my fish about to die?

Question

i have this one fish and all of a sudden its lighter its suppose to be a golden orage with a black stop it breaths quickly it stays to the bottom mostly behind a rock whats wrong with it is it sick all the other ones didnt change and if they did they got darker and they breathe normaly what shoud i do with the fish

fem22 so you think your fish will die right mine did the same it struggled to swim it layed there without moving for hours and when we tried to put it in another tank it would sit at the bottom and flop over it did this for a few months and until we flushed it not wanting to see it suffer it will die sorry

Answer 1

is it a gold fish my gold fish are gold and black and they acted the same way I took a water sample to the pet store they said there was to much ammonia in the water.gold fish are dirty fish they produce lots of ammonia they told me to empty 3 gallons and put in 3 gallons if you have chlorine in your water you need to buy some chlorine remover its cheap and you can get it at walmart anyways do that about once a day for 3 or 4 days and clean their filter with water from the tank not tap water it washes away the good bacteria the fish need then add half a teaspoon of baking soda it will fix the pH in the water then your fish should get back to normal I had the same thing happen I did everything they said and my fish are back to normal.good luck.

Answer 2

Well the truth is it prolly isnt hiding behind that rock, sometimes the temperature gets too cold and suddenly changes and that doesn't always shock all the fish in the tank. but I have never heard of a fish changing colors, but usually when a fish stays at the bottom of the tank it could mean " to the toilet bowl for u : ( "

ps: member to keep ur tank klean

Answer 3

Take out the sick fish and put him in a different fish tank with fresh water and a filter.

Answer 4

i doubt it.... i have this fish that looks like it stops breathing and it lays there belly up floating at the top of the tank, its still alive. its been doing it for over six months. ive even contemplated flushing the thing!! dont know why i havent yet.........what do you reckon????

Answer 5

yeah he's probably gunna go, but a friend of mine had 2 one that latterly floated on it back on the top and did this for years the other sank to the bottom and came out only to eat.

Answer 6

could be pregnant, could be sick, could be dying, could be weird.

i'd suggest getting one of those floating tank infirmaries, seclude it from the others for a couple of days and see how it does.

if it looks like it's going to die, please do no flush your fish. it is much more humane to freeze them. they die much quicker.

(have you tested the ph in your tank?)

Answer 7

why don't you take it to the vet, I have 2 fishes and one of them started to stay at the bottom the whole time, it turns out it had babies!

Answer 8

take it out away from the other ones... and see if it gets better soon if it doesnt than maybe nothing is wrong!!

ask a pet specialist at like petco or petsmart

Answer 9

take a temp reading and give a shot of good ol Jack Daniels whiskey, and tell it to get plenty of rest and drink a lots of fluids.

Answer 10

don't worry it sounds like ur gonna have fry...(BABIES) how long has this been happening ? if its not a female....end its suffering,put it in a baggie put it in the freezer and itwill go to sleep peacefully...hope this helps good luck!!!!!