and what can I do, I don't think I can take a goldfish to a vet and I don't want her to spazzem and fit so much she jumps out of her bowl or dies
2006-09-09 07:52:43 · 19 answers · asked by barefordi 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
GOLDFISH CANNOT LIVE IN BOWLS!!!!
The fish is flashing because the ammonia the fish excretes is burning her gills.
Baby-juvenile long bodied goldfish need 20 gallons PER fish. (comets, commons, shubunkins)
Baby-juvenile fancy goldfish need 10 gallons PER fish. (ryukins, orandas, moors, fantails, ect)
Adults need 50 gallons PER fish.
Goldfish need ALOT of filtration because they excrete alot of ammonia and they need alot of dissolved oxygen in the water.
IT WILL DIE IF YOU KEEP IT IN THE BOWL!
IMMEDIATLY DO A WATERCHANGE, MAKE SURE THE NEW WATER IS DECHLORINATED AND THE SAME TEMP AS WHAT THE FISH IS IN. Then get it a bigger tank now, if you cannot or will not donate the fish to the fish store or find it a new home and dont get another one because it is your responsibility to make sure the fish thrives. Goldfish get 12-14 inches and have lifspans of 30 yrs. Keeping one in a bowl is equal to keeping a dog in the cubbard underneath the bathroom sink or keeping a kid in a closet. It is animal cruelty and neglect. Keeping goldfish in bowls is ILLEGAL in Italy where they respect animals more.
YOu need to clean the bowl everday until you can get a big tank and honestly that much cleaning is stressful onthe fish but yet if you dont do it it will die from ammonia poisoning.
2006-09-09 16:13:02 · answer #1 · answered by lady_crotalus 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The tank she positioned them in became into possibly a different temperature. Goldfish get 12 inches trouble-free, why might she save them in a 7 gallon tank. Thats merciless regardless of how you look at it. Goldfish stay 15-2 a protracted time, they gained't stay that long. A fifty 5 gallon will carry 2 goldfish for the main of their lives, yet they'll strengthen out of it. Im unsure what your attempting to tutor. yet regardless, goldfish elect the two great tanks or ponds. trouble-free as that. maximum folk arent keen to place them interior the enormous tank they elect, so as that they only shouldnt have them. they're no different that the different fish. might you positioned 2 oscars in a 7 gallon? What approximately an arowana in a 20 gallon? Theres no longer something different there. FIsh strengthen. ANd fish elect a tank which will enable them to strengthen to their person length. while fish exchange into stunted in small tanks, their physique stops transforming into, yet their organs do no longer. That looks like a painful dying to me. I dont comprehend why Im assisting you when you in simple terms have been given carried out trashing goldfish and their desires. Your tank is approximately 21 gallons, so approximately 4 or 5 peppered cories and in line with danger 10-12 danios. actual, it relies upon on the danio, if its a sizable danio, they get too great for this tank. yet the two the zebra or leopard might artwork superb.
2016-12-12 05:28:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like she's flashing. Can you see anything on her body? Also i think you need to test the water. By the way, goldfish in a bowl?? Bad bad bad. Goldfish need at least 10 gal per fish.
2006-09-09 11:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Could be the tell tail signs of some sort of disease setting in (Ich, Velvet, etc...). If he/she is flashing in the water, and against the gravel or sides of the tank, and going into spasm from time to time - this is an early sign indicator of disease, or you could have something wrong with your water's parameters (Ammonia and Nitrites could be high).
If you do not have a water testing kit I would recommend you buy one soon.
Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Freshwater Master Test Kit
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000255NCI/nextag-kitchen-20/ref=nosim
2006-09-09 09:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by sly2kusa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My big goldfish dose after dinner I think it s hiccups can fish get them?
2016-04-22 08:41:05 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think you need to get a proper fish tank with a filter in for the goldfish, she doesn't sound happy at all
2006-09-09 21:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by ♥fluffykins_69♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She may have mites of a kind.Mine did that once,we bought some solution from the pet shop and she is fine now.In fact she is about 6years old.The spasms took the form of her darting up and down etc,is that what yours is doing?.
2006-09-09 08:01:02 · answer #7 · answered by Julie 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fish sticks yum
2006-09-09 07:54:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe your fish is just training to be an acrobat. keep a close eye on him (or her) if she starts riding a unicycle i would be more concerned with him/her running off to join the circus.
if this is the case simply use a large book to cover the tank when you are not around to keep a eye on it.
2006-09-09 07:56:58 · answer #9 · answered by wildmanski 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
put the fish back in the fish bowl
2006-09-09 07:58:06 · answer #10 · answered by Holly H 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋