I got a goldfish for my birthday about 4 days ago. First couple days he was fine and swimming around and happy. Then today I noticed he was gasping at the surface of the water. I figured there wasn't enough oxygen in the water so I changed it out. (the water it came with and the water I put in came from two different sources). For a while the fix kinda floated around and I figured it was about dead but then it snapped out of it and swam around all happy again. Few hours later it started swimming really close to the rocks and eventually just died. Any idea why? It was in a little bowl with just rocks and tap water by the way, baby fish, dont know where the original water came from.
2007-08-24 15:02:30 · 10 answers · asked by curiousgeorge 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
When I changed the water I let the new water sit for about an hour until they were the same temp. Then I put the goldfish in a bag with the water it was already in and switched out the bowl water. Then with the fish still inside the bag I put it back into the water and let it acclimate for about half an hour. Next I dropped it in. I dont think it died from shock, I've been told that is the way to change the water correctly.
2007-08-24 15:16:10 · update #1
Your goldfish should have started in a 10 gallon tank - no fish should be kept in a bowl (including bettas).
What most likely happened was that you fish had ammonia poisoning. The water changed helped, but either it wasn't done soon enough, or the level rose again. You can check the sysmptoms against those your fish was showing: http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/disease/p/ammoniapoison.htm
In an older aquarium, there are bacteria that convert your fish's wastes from things that are toxic (ammonia and nitrite) to one that is much less toxic to them (nitrate). In your new bowl, there wasn't enough time for the bacteria to have built up to a sufficient number, nor is there usually enough gravel for them to colonize that you get a large enough population to do a good job of this.
Goldfish can grow from 6-18 inches, depending on the variety, and should have a tank with a filter to be healthy.
2007-08-24 15:21:37 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Goldfish Died
2016-11-10 00:06:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goldfish die in bowls. They are little death traps.
People like to say they don't live long- this is untrue. Goldfish live years- some up to 40+. You have to give them a fighting chance by putting them in a ten gallon starter tank and moving them up as they grow larger.
Goldies are high maintenance, expensive and a long term commitment. Try starting with a house plant. If that works out better then you're last endeavor then move up to a small filtered tank.
2007-08-24 15:44:21 · answer #3 · answered by Lynn 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
well ONE it is a VERY false myth that goldfish can be kept in little bowls. those bowls are ment for bettas and ONLY bettas. then im gonna guess you took every last drop of water out. you should have letft about a cup of the water in there, the fish died from shock.
2007-08-24 15:11:56 · answer #4 · answered by lilcherna 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a goldfish would die if placed in dye.
2016-03-13 00:27:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of people don't think they do, but goldfish needs water filters. Something to put oxygen into the water. The only fish that can be put in a bowl is a Betta fish ("fighting fish").
2007-08-24 15:11:31 · answer #6 · answered by Peach PIe 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Could be a few things...
Tap water... did you use anything to remove the clorine and other chemicals that are in the tap water?
The water temp might of been too high, or low, when you put the fish in the tank. usually the fish will die very suddenly if this is the case.
Thats all I got. Sorry to hear =[
2007-08-24 15:09:37 · answer #7 · answered by slakerx 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
well first you cant just use tap water because it has chlorine in it so you must dechlorinate it first
and if that wasnt the problem
the water temp might have been to high and boiled
to death
or you cleaned all the water and shocked him to death
or you over feed him and the ammonia got him
2007-08-24 15:29:36 · answer #8 · answered by hopeless_romantic33z 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I dont know why your fish died, they dont usually live long anyway. But if you get another fish, try using room temp bottled water. Not Evian or anthing, just the cheap drinking water from Walmart. (50 cents a gallon). My grandpas fish has lived for a long time, and I think this is why. It's all about the water.
2007-08-24 15:11:26 · answer #9 · answered by ~SheSul~ 6 · 0⤊ 7⤋
i had one but i went on vacation and left my air conditioner on by a mistake so when i came back it was frozen dead. :(
2007-08-24 16:51:16 · answer #10 · answered by Janae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋