i have small fan tail fish that hasnt grown and is acting weird any advice?

Question

we call him freud as hes the darkest (speckled) fan tail we have, hes an inch long and when we bought him we bought him another speckled fan tail that was in the same tank and the same build...an inch long... the other fish (sigmund!) has grown to 3 inches but frued is still the same lengh... he often swims around and twirls upside down and corkscrews along the tank! hes pretty funny to watch but he seems to just float around now, hes still breathing normally but he justs let the filter push him along instead of swimming, is he just lazy? iv got a huge tank (3 meters lengh, 1.5 meters width and 2 meters high) he occasionally seems to make an effort, all our other fish are fine, we feed them blood worm and flakes (blood worm is a treat once a week!) is he on his last legs? hes pettern seems to be no movement for 20 seconds...quick jiggle for 5 seconds...hes never been like this!

hope hes ok! good advice will be rewardd with thumbs up and the best with 10 points

thanks

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ummm... freud died last night...

he looke a little beaten up so i think he was being bullied...


P.S - ARRONAND SASHA - my tank is big enough (did you not read the whole question?) it is also unhealthy and detrimental to the fish if you completely change the water EVERY week, you should only change a bit of the water. Blood worm is vital to their survival as they need the juices from the live blood worm to digest their food properly so if i stop giving the fishes the blood worm they could die of digestion problems...but thank you any way... (just dont look after fish...ever)



THANK YOU ALL ASWELL!

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Answer 1

The size could be one of two things, it could be a lack of vitamins and minerals when he was very small or it could be you just have a stunted fish. He does not sound ill to me and i dont think its his swim bladder. Fantails and other ornamental fish are basically deformed goldfish, They have the deformaties bred into them on purpose. This is not only external as the shape of them can cause problems with internal organs as well. Most can swim ok but the odd one has problems pretty much how you describe. Fantails and other ornamental fish do not like a fast current of water as this only impedes their swimming even more. Sounds like you have everything set up ok so unless he stops eating or takes a turn for the worst i would just leave him alone. Good luck.

Answer 2

Possibly a runt (thats why fish have so many young as they arent all expected to survive in the wild) with the swimming problem being down to his swim bladder.

Answer 3

get a larger tank and he'll probably grow a bit more there is probably not enough room for the two of them. he's probably got a bit of swim bladder change the water clean the tank and starve for 24 hours and then give him a little stop the treats for a while he's probably a bit blotted and bunged up poor little thing. if you do get a bigger tank for the two of them don't over feed change the water more regular than normal goldfish as fancy goldfish tend to be a bit more prone too illnesses of the gut.

Answer 4

I have 3 fantails (mario, yoshi and bowser) that behave the same. Just chillin with there backs out the water. However they don't do this all the time. Thats my best shot. Good luck.

Answer 5

sounds like swim bladder sweetie, quick trip to the pet shop, get a treatment, its not expensive and treat the whole tank, the swimbladder doesnt kill them as much as the stress of not being able to get to where he wants to go, sorry to say he will die very soon if u dont get a wriggle on yourself :)

Answer 6

Did you buy it from Del Boy by any chance?

Answer 7

Knock him on the head.....he is likely to be diseased and affect others!

Answer 8

sounds like it's injured you should consult a vet