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My Goldfish is laying at bottom of tank and still breathing whats wrong2007-11-24 23:39:13

My goldfish is about 6 months old it is laying at the bottom of the tank it is laying on its side and seems to be alive still. It has been fed and cleaned frequently. There is also a weird bloob appered in corner of the tank thats like a yellow ish colour maybe sheer coincidence. Ive noticed the poor fish in the last 30 minutes and no change.

Answers:

Take a sample of your fish tank water to your local pet store. They will test it for free and tell you what to do.

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your gold fish is probably lonly or sick or just depresd about somthing

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May be dying

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Your fish may have just laid eggs and the yellow bloob you see is an egg sac. Or, your fish may be ill and the bloob you see is a cluster of uneaten food. Do you change your water often? Goldfish excrete tremendous amounts of nitrogen in their waste which can build up and become toxic. Your fish could have a parasite or could have burst his air bladder. I recommend that you change the water daily until he improves. Whenever you change the water it is necessary to keep the temperature the same as the old water you are discarding.

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srry to tell u this , but if i'm not wrong he/she's probably dying , well i've seen so many cases like that on my tank, especially gold fishes, after my 6 goldfish died , i didn't buy any kind of gold fish since then, well i still remember how they died, they were doing the same thing as u illustrated on your question

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Your fish is sick and is probably going to dye. There is a serious problem with the water quality. Are you changing all of the water when you do your water changes? That is actually bad. You should do only partial water changes. The wanter needs to build up the "good" bacteria to help kill all the bad stuff it works like a natural filter. If you are changing out all of the water each time you clean you are actually taking out all of the good bacteria and it has to start all over again. Probably because of this the Nitrite levels in the tank are way to high and it caused your fish to get sick. I would not get another fish till you do some reading up on this or your next one will die too.

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It could mean that it is dying. Look closely at the fins and the scales and see if you notice anything out of place, any kind of spots. Any fin rot? There are additives you can get at the pet store to treat different diseases and they might be able to offer advice based on the description you give. If the fish dies, sometimes they can even look at it and tell you what went wrong so that you can correct it the next time around.