My goldfish lives most of its life upsidedown?

Question

We call him uppy. he seems healthy but he just floats and sleeps upsidedown he will right himself when it is feeding time and eats like a pig. has anyone else seen anything like this?

Answer 1

I have a black moore that did that most of his life. It is basically a problem with his swim bladder, either over invlated or under developed. If your fish is over 2 years old, there is a good chance he will remain this way but not always. It is just easier and more natural for him to swim this way.

If your fish is under 2 years old the swim bladder is still forming and growing. Feeding your fish fresh greens like peas, greenbeans, lettuce is great for helping him develop. Oranges as well are a great source of Vit. C which is required by all gold fish. Feeding your goldfish with vit. enriched foods low in fat high in proteins he has a good chance of correcting this disorder.

Be sure he has a clean tank with lots of Dissolved Oxygen. My moore has since righted himself. he is over 7 years old but for the majority of his life he watched the bottom of the pool!

Answer 2

Yeah - I was told peas. I grab a handfull of peas peal the shell off (there is a thin shell on each pea) and no more problem. Frozen peas are the easiest and a steak knife. I make a little cut and the peas slides out. Most all the fish like them.

Answer 3

Sounds like he's got bloat. I would squish some canned peas and throw them in to get some of the gas out. Make sure he also doesn't eat too much, and make sure the food is soaked before you throw it in, which also will prevent gas.

Answer 4

Your fish is not healthy. Three things come to mind. First if you are feeding them flake food that's over a month old, the food is RANCID, causing gas in the gut and upside down floating problems. Second high nitrates, anything above 20 ppm is too high. Third I'd say you are over feeding too much old food. Here's what I'd do, before your fish gets too far gone, keep up with your water changes. You have to change 25% of the water weekly for goldfish. Mine are big and they are very messy so I change 50% of my water weekly. Don't beleive anyone who tells you not to change that much water, it may be true of other types of fish, but I assure you gf thrive on frequent and high volume water changes. Stop feeding for about 3 or 4 days and see if the fish comes down off the top and rights himself. Replace your food. Do not feed ANY type of food that causes floating problems. Its not that you need to soak the food first or any of that. Get a high quality food, like Omega One or HBH brand. Tetra, Heartz, and those big name foods are HORRIBLE! If corn is one of the ingredients listed, don't buy it. (can also be desguised as corn gluten meal or just gluten meal) Corn indicates cheap filler for crappy food. Look for whole fish meal, seafood, and spirolina as ingredients. You want a protien to be at least 30% and fat around 10%. Very their diet, offer peas out of the shell, washed greens, slice of orange, or human grade seafood like salmon, shrimp or crab (or immitation crab). Frozen brine shrimp make a good treat.
If your nitrates are high, you need to make two or three 50% water changes in a week to pull them down. Your fish may seem healthy but he's really in a bad way and soon if you don't fix the problem he will get sick. They don't have to live that way.
The very last possible thing it could be is swim bladder disorder. I would rule out old food, over feeding and high nitrates before you go tackling swim bladder disease. If you change a lot of water, fast the fish, change to a good food, and feed only what they can eat for 3 to 5 minutes once or twice a day, and the fish still floats then you can address that it may be the swim bladder. For that I'd get a high quality anti-biotic food like Medi-Gold from www.goldfishconnection.com. Feed as instructed. Avoid putting any meds into the water, they all mess up and kill the filter. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

I have heard various reports of similar activity, mostly from fancy goldfish. I've never seen any time of research as to why it happens, but it would seem reasonable to assume it's related to a malformed swim bladder. If that's the case, I don't see any reason a fish couldn't live years and years with the condition.

MM

Answer 6

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Answer 7

lol.... mine used to do that, and i say used cuz i got to busy with college and work i didnt have time for him so i gave them so an aqurium.. GOOD LUCK with UPPY

Answer 8

We have a black moor that does that. We finally tracked it down to their diet. He was constipated, with gas. Well, gas floats. Once we added more greens to their diet (cooked, shelled peas work wonders!) he stopped floating.

Answer 9

Gold fish sometimes take in air when they feed at the top, usually slow sinkin pellets are recomended.

if he functions fine then he probably is fine. just looka at your fish as being "special"

Answer 10

Most likely what MagicMan said. I have goldfish that like swimming upside down or doing flips maybe they are like dolphins just having fun...