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My Black Moore is swimming downward, in the same spot, like while shes stationary is this normal2007-11-24 23:38:14

If this seems to be a frequent problem you may consider feeding less. Your water quality could indicate more frequent water changes. All my fish seem to love the peas and it may be of great benifit to feed a pea once a week.

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It might be a swim bladder problem. See how this link fits in with the symtoms

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Hi,

I have a 55 gallon tank with goldfish that live for up to 5 or 6 years and get pretty big. I have seen what you are talking about before. Something happens and they seem not to be able to achieve neutral buoyancy. (Keep from either floating or sinking).

Sometimes my fish will sink like they can't get off the bottom, I think this is because I was filling up the container I top of my tank with with a garden hose and the agitation of the water caused a high concontration of air. In that case they recover by the next day and that usually effects all the fish.

Sadly, when it is just one fish, whether he sinks or floats. My experience has been that it doesn't look good. I hate when they float because they use so much energy, i know they have to be getting tired.

I have tried everything from checking the ph, checking the amonia level, treating them with ick medicine, treating them with anti fungal medicine, treating them with anti-biotics, adding aquarium salt.

Usually though, I just end up hitting them on top of the head with the handle of a knike and flushng them because it makes me sad to watch them struggle.

Sorry.

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I had two that started doing that and now they're both dead. It don't know what happened! One day they were fine and the next they started doing that and on the third they were dead! I use to have 6 different species of fish but my black moores died and another one of a different species died. Only three lived and they seem to be fine actually. Anyway, mine died shortly after it started doing that.