I changed the water in my aquarium and now all my fish are floating upside down??

Question

Ok, I realize something is obviously wrong...I have 4 fancy goldfish and they are all breathing very shallowly and are upside down. Please help, I don't want them to die! I tried taking out some of the water and replacing it- could they be in shock or just stressed out?

Answer 1

Yeah they are probably in shock and unlikely to survive. We wiped out an entire tank of huge angels doing to large of a water change.
You need to check for ammonia and for the pH level to find out what is wrong. You can take water to a pet store and they will test it for you usually for free.

I hope they make it. We lost most of our fish in the 55 gal tank and then when we put them in the 20 gallon the same happened there. I lost my year old salamander that time as well. Fish tanks can be tricky to maintain.

Answer 2

The fish could very well be in shock. Sometimes when a fish breathes slow and floats upside down, it means that they are dying. I have 17 goldfish which I have for over 2 years. Maybe you can put the fish into a fish bowl and try cleaning the tank. Good luck and let me know what happens.

Answer 3

If you saved any of the old water, put them back in that for now. Only change 1/3 of the water, and it should be treated with a neutralizer for the chlorine. Fish need their slime coat and chlorine affects this. Also, a ph test kit is handy too. The different temperture could throw them into shock too.

Answer 4

Some of you people should be ashamed of yourselves for your answers. Something tells me leapoffaith has changed her fish's water before and knows what she's doing. She's looking for help not criticism.

Yes, the fish are probably in shock and probably won't make it but let's give constructive advice, not needless criticism. If her fish did in fact die, I'm sure she doesn't need some punk kids being rude to her at this moment.

Answer 5

Obviously people these days dont know the deifference between water with anti grav molecules and normal water. YOU!!!!!! YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR FISH!!! Obviously people these days don't do much research. R u even sure those are fish? The could evil mutant ninja turtles!! Gotta go sry if they die!

Answer 6

what did you use to change the water with? did you use a bucket? did the bucket have any kind of cleaning solution in it at any time????? soap can kill them..... any kind of soap can kill them....

it could be swimbladder, but it would be strange if it is more than one.....

try dechlorinating the water..... if you did use a bucket that had any kind of chemicals in it at any time, you might have to net the fish, and drop them into a CLEAN bucket with new water that's been treated with destress and dechloriniator..... you'll have to completely change and clean everything that was in the tank to get the soap or detergent chemicals out of the water.

good luck, i hope they'll be okay.....

Answer 7

You are only suppossed to change 1/3 of the water. You also have to add dechlor (removes chlorine) to water. I believe it is 1-2 drops per gallon. You also have to use cold water, and put it in only one side of the tank to help them adjust.

Answer 8

Your fish are going to die. Youve replaced to much water.

Sorry

Answer 9

Did you add the dechlorinator drops? If not, they are dying. Either that or the water is too warm. Get some bottles water or drops ASAP!

And next time please do some research before getting pets you don't know how to properly care for.

Answer 10

Perhaps you mistakenly used water with anti-gravity molecules in it instead of regular water. This would have the effect of confusing the fish's swim bladder which would make them float upside down.