2007-02-08 08:05:24 · 14 answers · asked by Kelly 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
He has swim bladder disease. Don't feed him for a few days (4-5 days)
Go to a petstore and get some salt for fresh water tank and throw a tea spoon in your tank (1 tea spoon for every 5 gallons)
Also if you can get some ammonia remover if you don't already have one.
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Floating or Flipping:
Symptoms: Goldfish can not control their position in the water. They may flip over or tilt or stand on their head. Often they are flipped over and cannot get to the bottom of the tank. They may flip over momentarily or for a longer time. Because of their body shape, goldfish often have swim bladder issues.
Treatment: Bouyancy problems may be cause by multiple things (some of which we can't do anything about without surgery).
keep nitrAtes low
feed a varied diet that includes fresh and live foods.
Some goldfish get gas from processed foods (look for floaty poop). eliminate pellets and flakes and feed fresh foods (e.g. shrimp, peas, to see if that's the culprit.
constipation Fast for 3 days and then feed a shelled green pea. Avoid pellets or flakes for the next few feedings and add fresh foods to their diet.
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Please ignore the morons below who keep making fun of your fish. Yahoo answers is full of LOSERS and half of them found your question!
2007-02-08 08:08:25 · answer #1 · answered by DECEMBER 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of a "live" fish floating at the top. Sounds like you need to perform a "burial at sea".
2007-02-08 16:15:24 · answer #2 · answered by tricialou68 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your fish is going to die.
Sorry, there is nothing you can do.
2007-02-08 16:10:20 · answer #3 · answered by miss bean 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think the fish is dying
2007-02-08 16:14:53 · answer #4 · answered by noemi t 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should scoop it out and flush it down the toilet. It means your a horrible pet owner.
2007-02-08 16:14:02 · answer #5 · answered by homer838 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it means your fish is almost dead. it means get ready to go to the petstore. dont buy a goldfish
2007-02-08 16:10:51 · answer #6 · answered by nitrorcguy14 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
im sorry but your fish might be dieing theres nutting you can do but watch theres no helping sorry!
2007-02-08 16:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Charles Carter 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He is not going to live much longer
2007-02-08 16:10:05 · answer #8 · answered by oldone 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it probably means that he is dead or dying! I think you should flush him...
2007-02-08 16:16:37 · answer #9 · answered by bkondie 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
feed him to your cat and go to wal-mart and get another one
2007-02-08 16:12:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋