Fat belly Goldfish?

Question

I just bought my daughter a new goldfish for her tank. A 10 gallon with 2 small goldfish and a snail. Water tested fine. Now the new fish is very swollen in the belly so much that the scales on her body are sticking out. The fish lays at the bottom of the tank or when it trys to swim it flips upside down. I fed them some small bloodworms the other day. But I dont think that could have caused this. Is there anything I could give the fish to help? And what might have caused this?

Well I'm going to change the water. I also didn't know that these fish would need a 40 gallon tank for the fish. That sure would look empty with just two goldfish. They are the 2 tailed kind. they are about 2 inches long. Also the sick fish will still eat.

Answer 1

They don't need a 40 gallon that is a bunch of BS.

If the scales are sticking out that is a water quality proplem, more than likely because it wasn't cycled or you added salt to thte aquarium.

First, get rid of the salt. Use your carbon and pull it out. secondly, water changes are to be done vac every week one time 25% water change

also Goldfish need a balanced diet. When choosing a fish food choose one with high protein (48% or better) and low fat (5% or less)

You can supplement their diet with things like Lettuce, mustard greens, turnip greens, collard greens, spinach, peas, endive, Watersprite, seaweed, cukes, kale, chard, broccoli, lima beans, green beans, etc. and feed aquatic plants (e.g. duckweed, azolla, salvenia, etc) or hair algae daily.

For their Carotenoids which are a family of pigments the fish can't make themselves and are obtained as part of the diet. These pigments result in red, yellow and orange colors. Fish have cells called chromataphores. Those cells convert lutein and carotenes into astaxanthin which is the red pigment.
sources include, brine shrimp, krill, spirulina, marigold flowers, paprika, sweet red peppers, yams, carrots, pumpkin

Watermellons and oranges are also good as well as proteins like chicken (chicken livers) beef (livers and parts) and pork as well as worms and bugs.
Clean water is the only thing that keeps the goldfish from becoming sick. NO BLOODWORMS. Although they are good for goldies don't use live blood worms ever.

Chances are your water changes weren't weekly and they weren't with quality water. Goldfish are hearty fish. They could very well have bloat or suffering from swim bladder disease. Either way feed them greens from spinach to peas to lima beans. This should help if not dropsy is not cureable and only good water quality is the key.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Copperhead is exactly right and while attempting to treat it is the only humane and proper thing to do (vs. flushing or some other horrible end), and careful, dedicated and persistent care can result in a saved fish, dropsy is often fatal, so be prepared for that outcome. Please also be aware that a 10 gallon is too small for two goldfish and a snail. Chances are, you have the slim-bodied goldfish which will, eventually require 15-20 gallons of water per fish. The small quarters (and perhaps underfiltered water and/or uncycled water) may have been a contributing factor to the sickness.

Answer 4

This condition is called dropsy, but rather than being a "disease" itself, it's a symptom of any of a number of things which can affect the kidney function. What's happened is that the fish is having trouble expelling excess water because the kidneys aren't working, so the fish is swelling up with excess water.

Some potential causes are poor water quality, overmedicating/overdoing some chemical added to the tank, bacterial infection, tumor, and quite a few others.

I would suggest starting with a 1/3 partial water change (with gravel cleaning) to see if this helps (more if you've been using anything other than dechlorinator to reduce the concentration). Add 1/8 teaspoon of Epsom salt to some of the replacement water until it's dissolved and add this to the tank (a diuretic to help expel excess water). If you don;t see an improvement within a day, try a broad-spectrum antibiotic that says it can be used for treatment of dropsy. I've used the Mardel and Jungle product lines for this with some success, but there are causes of dropsy (tumor, advanced kidney disease) which can't be treated.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Goldfish grow big, so even though when they are babies the tank looks empty, they grow big and gorgeous within a year or so, and it is worth it. If you want fish that stay small, invest in some cute mollies, you can get more than two of those in a 10 gallon. It sounds like your fish has kidney failure, I hope he makes it.

Answer 7

I saw this on Oprah and in Readers Digest. You're supposed to put some pea jiuce in the tank. I swear I'm not lying. You can even look it up.

Answer 8

i've heard ans een this a lot, but i think the ones i've seen had a tomer, tumor? HOW DO U SPELL TUMOR!?

Answer 9

may be she fed the fish too much food or the fish is sick

Answer 10

soory to tell u but ur fish have dropsy theres no known cure to it