Help someone out there regarding goldfish

[mad]

my gold fish had being standing on her tail down with head up postition recently ??do any1 have the similar situation out there and can help me cure the fish back to its normal swimming posture....
and i have notice a few white spot on my other goldfish and i just put the anti-ich and white spot solution but it keep coming back ,y??
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[Sleepy_lancs]

have you not been changing water? What is your frequency of water change and how much? and what is your tank size? any plants?

[hwchoy]

and are you overfeeding?

[mad]

i have change water once everyweek lah n i have no plant in it
....but i leave with my angel fish n discs lah
any idea ...

[tawauboy]

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....but i leave with my angel fish n discs lah
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no idea of what you are trying to say.
'tail standing' is due to exhaustion from spawning or toxic water.
try placing your goldfish in shallow water for a week or two. maintain good water quality and add some aquarium salt.

[plantmania]

This is a classic sign for swim-bladder problems common to goldfish. This is usually due to over-feeding .... Soon it will become the up-side down fish problem, and the only and humane thing to do, is to kill the goldfish. If it is not too late, you can try the following :

1) lower the water level , this reduce the stress on the fish's swim-bladder. The swim-bladder is used to control the up / down motion of the fish through inflating/deflating , think of it as a balloon...

2) Add epsom salt (1 tbs per 5 gallon) to induce "diahorrea" on the fishes, this helps to remove the shit from the fish naturally. Epsom salt can be bought at pharmacy (e.g Guardian)

3) Stop feeding for a week , and then reduce your feeding amount and routine.

As for your Ich problem, I think you did not follow through your treatment for addition double days. Even white spots is gone, the parasite or worms are still in the water. You need to continue to treat until all worms are dead. E.g 4 days to see all white spots gone on the goldfish, addition 4 days to "purify" the water.

Take Care

[mordrake]

in additon to epsom salt, u can also try feeding a mashed green pea to your goldfish. those frozen green peas from supermarkets will do and remember to defrost and peel away the skin.

bloat in goldfishes usually caused by overfeeding of dried pellets.
the goldfishes are so greedy that they just eat and eat.
the dried pellets soak up water in the fishes' stomach and is not digested, causing the bloat.

looking ahead, you can feed this green pea mash to your healthy goldfishes once in a while. u can also try to soak your pellets abit to soften it before feeding your goldfishes.

green peas act as a laxative to help clear the bowels of your goldfishes.

[mad]

ok thanks for helping i will try any method to save my fish ....
i try out then post up again ///...

[hailiang]

seems like your gold fish is suffering from a few symptoms which i will throw back to you

1) if gasping near the water, means tank is short of oxygen, or increased in ammonia concentration and nitrite resulting in fish unable to absord oxygen, have you overfeed your gold fish, gold fish likes to eat alot

2) Overfeeding results in a bloated stomach thus having air bladder problem, stop feeding for a few days and see the result, your gold fish will not die if u do not feed a few days

3)check for ammonia, nitrite and also the PH value, both ammonia and nitrite should be at ZERO, PH preferably at 7.5-8.5, do a 10 to 20 percent water change if ammonia level is high

4) check your filter, is it working properly? when was the last time u clean your filter?, is it aerating the water properly, if there is not enough oxygen, get a small air pump and gas stone

Cheers Jason