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Why do goldfish swim/foat upside down2007-11-24 23:43:12

the best food I find is AQUARIAN goldfish flake food. I also like to give them frozen tuborfix worms but this is a treat that I haven't been able to buy for a while as I can no longer find a pet shop that sells it.

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Swimbladder is a disease which symptoms cause fish to become unable to swim correctly, your fish may exibit swimming toward the bottom of your tank or bowl, then floating back up, swimming in circles or laying or floating on his side..

There are three main things according to the posts and articles I've read that can lead to swimbladder disease.

Constipation due to overfeeding

Bad water quality

Bacteria

I recommend the following regimine, recommened to me over two years ago.

First, as soon as you notice signs of swimbladder do a 50%water change, taking care not to stress the fish by having the water temp as close to his tank as possible.

After your water change you should not feed your fish any food for two days. On the third day feed your fish a fresh pea. Frozen peas thawed, popped out of the skin, and cut into bite size pieces. And then do another water change so that any uneaten peas do not contaminate your water.

If you don't use aquarium salt this is a good addition to most tanks. The recommended dose is one teaspoon per gallon, or one tablespoon per five gallons. If you have never added salt and you are unsure; you may want to first acclimate him at only 1/2 tsp per gallon.

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bcause it has swim bladder disease and can no longer

regulate its position

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Probably a swim bladder infection although Fancy goldfish are basicly deformed fish bred only to please us, They are so deformed that they have trouble swimming. If you keep them do not use a filter with a fast current as they dont like it. you can buy a swim bladder treatment from most aquatic shops.