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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Next stop, belly up maybe

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Get another goldfish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you tried the kiss of life?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

ours does that. He sleeps in the corner. See if he comes alive later, around feeding time. If still lethargic tomorrow add a tonic to the water.

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By *ussypussWoman
over a year ago

South Birmingham waiting for the bf to come back after crimbo

Is he hungry?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

ours does that. He sleeps in the corner. See if he comes alive later, around feeding time. If still lethargic tomorrow add a tonic to the water."

Tonic??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are you sat close to that corner, with just your underwear on again!.

I'm no expert but I'm thinking he's gone nuts.... Either that our he's having a go at backstroke

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

One of ours sits at the bottom like that then revives. Have you got a pump on there is the water well oxygenated?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

ours does that. He sleeps in the corner. See if he comes alive later, around feeding time. If still lethargic tomorrow add a tonic to the water.

yes you can get revitalising tonic from the pet shop

Tonic??

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"One of ours sits at the bottom like that then revives. Have you got a pump on there is the water well oxygenated?"

Got a pump and it's well oxygenated...there's 4 in total and the original two are now stuck side by side!

It's like they've fallen out with the new fish.

Weird!

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By *nleashedCrakenMan
over a year ago

Widnes

It all sounds a bit fishy to me

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Have you tried the kiss of life?"

Don't tempt me!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Did you change water in tank and use warm water they don't like that much

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By *horshiperMan
over a year ago

London

"Have you tried the kiss of life?"

I have done this and it came back from the brink

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Have you tried the kiss of life?

I have done this and it came back from the brink"

Hahaha...no you didn't.

Did you?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"One of ours sits at the bottom like that then revives. Have you got a pump on there is the water well oxygenated?

Got a pump and it's well oxygenated...there's 4 in total and the original two are now stuck side by side!

It's like they've fallen out with the new fish.

Weird!"

We have a fish on its own in a tank in the kitchen because this happened. We thought the other three were ignoring it because it was dying so quarantined it......three years ago! It's still swimming round on its own

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

About 3 years ago I was searching for a reversing Goldfish on here, has anyone sourced one yet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sounds like a swimbladder problem. Fancy goldfish are particularly prone to this.

Not a great outlook, I fear. If you go to your local aquarist buy some tonic salt, which can be added according to the size of the tank. That might help. Good luck. It is quite distressing to see, I know

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"One of ours sits at the bottom like that then revives. Have you got a pump on there is the water well oxygenated?

Got a pump and it's well oxygenated...there's 4 in total and the original two are now stuck side by side!

It's like they've fallen out with the new fish.

Weird!"

our two big ones are always off together. The older one sleeps with its fin over the younger one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My Grandparents had a goldfish which they got from the rag and bone man many many years ago. It lived believe it or not for almost 20 years - Sammy was his name. Now as he got into his old age, he sometimes would go to the top and stay there for a long time and appear to be unwell. My Granddad used to put a tiny little bit of Epsom Salts into his water - only a teaspoonful into his bowl (It was a traditional round glass bowl) and that used to fix the fish up for months. How my Granddad knew that I have no idea, but it did seem to work.

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By *horshiperMan
over a year ago

London

"Have you tried the kiss of life?

I have done this and it came back from the brink

Hahaha...no you didn't.

Did you?

I did it was one of my tropical fish lol

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Have you tried the kiss of life?

I have done this and it came back from the brink

Hahaha...no you didn't.

Did you?

I did it was one of my tropical fish lol

Obviously had the Trout Pout

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By *horshiperMan
over a year ago

London

There were no tongues involved

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"One of ours sits at the bottom like that then revives. Have you got a pump on there is the water well oxygenated?

Got a pump and it's well oxygenated...there's 4 in total and the original two are now stuck side by side!

It's like they've fallen out with the new fish.

Weird!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x"

Doesn't look swollen...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x

Doesn't look swollen...

Is his breathing faster than usual?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And has he been on his side at all?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x

Doesn't look swollen...

Is his breathing faster than usual?"

He looks a bit manic...maybe that's from living with me...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"And has he been on his side at all?"

No definitely no siding has gone on.

A friend has gone to a petshop for advice and has bought some drops costing £20!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x

Doesn't look swollen...

Is his breathing faster than usual?

He looks a bit manic...maybe that's from living with me..."

Gills pumping hard? Struggling to get his balance?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Are you sat close to that corner, with just your underwear on again!.

I'm no expert but I'm thinking he's gone nuts.... Either that our he's having a go at backstroke

Oh fnar fnar...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x

Doesn't look swollen...

Is his breathing faster than usual?

He looks a bit manic...maybe that's from living with me...

Gills pumping hard? Struggling to get his balance?"

He's at the surface like he's trying to get air.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x

Doesn't look swollen...

Is his breathing faster than usual?

He looks a bit manic...maybe that's from living with me...

Gills pumping hard? Struggling to get his balance?

He's at the surface like he's trying to get air.

On his side at all or just at the surface?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x

Doesn't look swollen...

Is his breathing faster than usual?

He looks a bit manic...maybe that's from living with me...

Gills pumping hard? Struggling to get his balance?

He's at the surface like he's trying to get air.

On his side at all or just at the surface?"

Just at the surface.

I have cleaned the tank as you do and freshen the water etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x

Doesn't look swollen...

Is his breathing faster than usual?

He looks a bit manic...maybe that's from living with me...

Gills pumping hard? Struggling to get his balance?

He's at the surface like he's trying to get air.

On his side at all or just at the surface?

Just at the surface.

I have cleaned the tank as you do and freshen the water etc."

Do you want to PM me? Might be easier

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Is he swollen at all? It could be dropsy x

Doesn't look swollen...

Is his breathing faster than usual?

He looks a bit manic...maybe that's from living with me...

Gills pumping hard? Struggling to get his balance?

He's at the surface like he's trying to get air.

On his side at all or just at the surface?

Just at the surface.

I have cleaned the tank as you do and freshen the water etc.

Do you want to PM me? Might be easier"

Ah you're too kind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How do you clean the filter?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you tried putting it in a glass of booze? It won't cure it but it is fun.

Seriously, I have tropical fish. All you can do is change the water regularly and clean the tank. I assume you use water treatments and test the water?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"quandary....

One of our goldfish Fin is acting really weird.

No obvious bumps or any fungus on him but he keeps swimming to the top of the tank and hasn't moved from the corner for hours.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

ours does that. He sleeps in the corner. See if he comes alive later, around feeding time. If still lethargic tomorrow add a tonic to the water."

Yeah and don't forget the gin !!

Sorry couldn't resist

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

On a related note I have a tropical tank and noticed one of my Mollies died yesterday morning, I was in a rush to get to work so vowed to fish it out when I got home - but when I did get home it was nowhere to be seen and the only explanation is that it was eaten by the other fish in the tank in an act of piscine cannibalism.

Is that normal?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Has his swim bladder gone?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"On a related note I have a tropical tank and noticed one of my Mollies died yesterday morning, I was in a rush to get to work so vowed to fish it out when I got home - but when I did get home it was nowhere to be seen and the only explanation is that it was eaten by the other fish in the tank in an act of piscine cannibalism.

Is that normal?

Yes. The fish will eat another dead fish. Unlikely it has been fully eaten after one day though. Chances are that the body is somewhere you can't see though or haven't noticed. Try to remove it if you can see it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is that normal?

Thanks I had a right good look yesterday and this morning to no avail. In the past when a fish has died I've been able to retrieve it pretty much 'untouched' but haven't a scooby where this one has gone? I'll take another look tomorrow ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is that normal?

They can be hard to see sometimes, especially if you have rocks etc in your tank.

Shouldn't be too much trouble if you can't find it. Nature will take its course

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By *CoastFunMan
over a year ago

Southampron

One of my goldfish was belly up when I got home today

9 years old however so not too bad a innings, though I've no idea how long they should live. I still have two left of the original 4.

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By *horshiperMan
over a year ago

London

"One of my goldfish was belly up when I got home today

9 years old however so not too bad a innings, though I've no idea how long they should live. I still have two left of the original 4. "

I would like to pass on my condolences

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Haven't read all posts but swim bladder problems spring to mind. Look it up and see the symptoms and treatments.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Haven't read all posts but swim bladder problems spring to mind. Look it up and see the symptoms and treatments."

Yeah I think it could be that.

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By *ain n MableWoman
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

Personally i think your beautiful fish is stuck in a place it doesn't wish to be. Probably a little sad, probably feeling a little unwanted, probably just needs a new friend.

Your fish is also probably very stubborn, and just doesn't want to talk to other fishies, thinks she/he can manage alone, even when a friend is there. But thats just my personal opinion obviously.

All my fish float.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Personally i think your beautiful fish is stuck in a place it doesn't wish to be. Probably a little sad, probably feeling a little unwanted, probably just needs a new friend.

Your fish is also probably very stubborn, and just doesn't want to talk to other fishies, thinks she/he can manage alone, even when a friend is there. But thats just my personal opinion obviously.

All my fish float.

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By *horshiperMan
over a year ago

London

"Personally i think your beautiful fish is stuck in a place it doesn't wish to be. Probably a little sad, probably feeling a little unwanted, probably just needs a new friend.

Your fish is also probably very stubborn, and just doesn't want to talk to other fishies, thinks she/he can manage alone, even when a friend is there. But thats just my personal opinion obviously.

All my fish float.

Pmsl

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Hush you laughing....

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