2007-03-11 08:34:32 · 27 answers · asked by Julia 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
I`ve seen this a few times in fish. They die soon after.
2007-03-11 08:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by Shadygoingson 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Julia,
Sorry to hear the unhealthy fish you have. It's been a good fish to you hasn't it? Fish die for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes it's the fish keeper and sometimes it's just the fish it's self. With breeding fish today and esp, goldfish they are vulnerable to many things. It could be one of many hundreds of things, but we can't know for sure. It could be your water condition. It could be it caught a parasite. No way to really tell unless you take it to a biologist and have it undergo an autopsy after it passes away. I presume it's going to pass away.
I give you these tips for the future. Please never flush any fish. Flushing fish doesn't solve any of the fishes problems other then getting it out of the humans minds. The fish is still alive. Just think for a moment if you were the fish and flushed alive the next 2 hours you'd have to live in.
Freezing fish isn't the most humane way either as it's a slow death with life slowing down. The pain and suffering still goes on.
I asked this question to a fish moderator at cichlid-forum and the moderator advised me of this: The quickest way is to put the fish in as little of water as possible and take a hammer and smash it. It's over in an instant pain free. If you can't do that then have someone in a vehicle run over it. It sounds very cruel, I agree with you, but to have a fish suffer is even worse. Do what's best and the choice is yours. Fish suffering is not a good thing.
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2007-03-11 19:09:05 · answer #2 · answered by zak w 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi it sounds like there's not a lot you can do I'm afraid iv kept tropical and marine to this sounds like dropsy were the fishes swim bladder gives up and it drowns sorry if you buy another clean all your tank etc with salted hot water and be careful not to buy diseased stock
2007-03-12 14:15:02 · answer #3 · answered by raymond b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Golfish have whats called a lateral line, if this is damaged then the fish will die, it sounds like that is the problem here, sorry but theres not a great deal to be done.
2007-03-11 15:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by paul h 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to tell you this but the fish is moribound. He's dieing, end his misery by placing him in a zip lock baggie and put it in the freezer. He's lost muscle control and there is no coming back from this point. Don't put meds in the tank, it won't help.
2007-03-12 13:52:26 · answer #5 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eliminate the fish there is no chance for the fish to recover in that condition. Give him a good funeral. Condolence...
2007-03-14 22:12:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry honey but it looks like it's heading for the big fishpond in the sky I had one did the same I'm afraid
2007-03-11 15:50:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds bad, but try changing the water and adding a smidgeon of salt to the water..not too much.. Have you been feeding it?..
2007-03-11 15:42:20 · answer #8 · answered by oneblondepilgrim 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well when my goldfish did that it died soon after...so maybe it is just on it's way out. There isn't much you can do really :-(
2007-03-11 15:38:25 · answer #9 · answered by :) 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its probably dieing....unless it is tired and wnts to go to sleep. one of my fish does that all the time though cos its some sort of crazy disgusting loach...wait n see wt happens in the morning. it might be dead
2007-03-11 16:59:45 · answer #10 · answered by sid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋