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Help my goldfish is lying sideways2007-11-24 23:32:35

I got it from a carnival about a month and a half ago. It's

been fine until lately. It is lying on the bottom of the tank,

and now that I look at it, it looks slightly bent. It is also "breathing" rather slowly. And it is not

moving much, but when I does, it looks like it is having seizures. I tried feeding it, but it completly ignored the food, in fact it is lying right next to the food! I'm not suprised, considering it is from a carnival.However, I'm

quite concerned.

Other Information:

There are no other fish in the tank.

I just recently cleaned the tank.

This started last night.

Answers:

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My goldfish lies sideways on the bottom of the tank for long

periods of time, but is still able to swim properly when he wants.

He has very recently developed a kink in his tail and some black

marks around the tips of his fins. When I first noticed any

problem he was upside down and pretty much unable to control

himself and I was sure he was going to die, but then I changed

his water (his babysitter allowed his water to get a bit dirty) and

he came good within a few hours which lasted for a day and now

he seems to be taking a turn for the worst again. (although not

yet as bad as he was). I Don't know what the pH or anything is

(probably should find out??), but I have been using water