ok, i have this goldfish that will swim upsidedown for extended periods of time, then itll be normal after that. does anybody know the reason? its been doing this for over a month and appears (minus upsidedown time) very healthy and happy
2007-04-10 10:30:45 · 8 answers · asked by virgowiccangirl 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
It is ether it has air blatter desiese that is when you feed your goldfish food that is not soaked or floats on the top of the water what I would do is get it some air blatter desiese medisin and it should be okey then and if that does not work you just have a healthy weird goldfish
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2007-04-10 10:41:55 · answer #1 · answered by Hadeel 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
appears like she has swim bladder sickness. it really is maximum mostly brought about by technique of constipation. placed her in a separate tank and practice dinner a pea or 2, take off the floor and reduce it in little chunks. feed this on your fish and if constipation is the precedence, she should be extra acceptable in an afternoon or 2. it would also be because of an infection from an damage (perhaps she were given a decrease/scratch from the pretend plant?) make positive she's in a sparkling tank and upload some water conditioner, it helps cope with cuts. this takes longer to heal notwithstanding it really is possible
2016-12-03 19:35:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your fish may have ick. If you notice white spots on it, then it definitely does, and you should go to the store and buy some ick medicine. It's usually in a little bottle and you put two or three drops in the tank.
OR..
it may be having problems with its swim bladder caused by
1. Bad water quality
2. ammonia poisoning
3. Not being properly acclimated to water temp. before being put into a new tank.
4. drastic temp. fluctuations.
5. Constipation due to overfeeding
6. Feeding food that floats. This forces the fish to ingest oxygen along with the food and causes bouyancy problems.
2007-04-10 10:40:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jessica Danielle 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
there could be a few reasons for this, genetic problem with the swim bladder or over feeding, or a disease, if you can rule out disease then don't feed it so much cut food by about a half, often people over feed goldfish seldom do they stave them, they can go for 10 days with no food comfortably, but they find natural food in the tank so this in mind 20-25 days isn't unreasonable so you can see how easy it would be to over feed them once or twice a day, and a pinch of food.
2007-04-10 12:07:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your fish doesn't have ich. Ich doesn't cause this problem. I would suggest that it's related to constipation (really) that comes and goes. Try adding some fresh veggies to your fishs diet. Peas, green beans, spinach, lettuce and squash are all good foods for goldfish. Feed something like this every few days and see if the problem doesn't clear up.
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2007-04-10 10:43:48 · answer #5 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not good at all! Gold fish have air pocket type valves in them. If your fish is upside down, there's an imbalance. Sorry I don't know how to fix it. Your fish is not healthy.
2007-04-10 10:42:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a possibility that your goldfish is dying. Take it to the vet because I could be wrong!
2007-04-10 10:45:43 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Emoni♥ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
could be you are feeding him too much. I remember these people had goldfish that looked like they were about to die because they were upside down then found out it was because they fed him more then they should have. And when they stopped overfeeding him, he went back to normal
2007-04-10 10:39:45 · answer #8 · answered by southg11 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋