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mask11
08-13-2006, 05:13 AM
Omg, I don't know what's wrong with me fish, I can't swim. Someone please helps me. I don't know what to do now. Please help me. :( This is the my fish video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j5AthVq8zk) Thanks
Bettachris
08-13-2006, 11:37 AM
swim bladder dieases, nothing really to do, just let him settle it out by himself.
and never tap on the glass.
kyukidojen
08-14-2006, 05:12 PM
As BettaChris said - swim bladder. PLEASE, PLEASE don't tap on the glass like that! It's painful and extremely frightening for them. Also, touching them can really hurt them too... it removes the natural secretions from their skin. Your fish will do best if you let it sort things out for himself... he may not recover, but then again, he may. Do whatever you can to provide a quiet, undisturbed environment around the tank.
mask11
08-14-2006, 11:51 PM
Thanks for your advise, I didn't know that I shouldn't tap the glass or touch the fish. So sorry, I never do it again. Btw, I took my fish to Petsmart and they said that it had bladder disease, and gave me the medicine for it. Hope that it'll feel bettet next week.
kyukidojen
08-15-2006, 03:33 AM
Glad you took care of your fish. Sorry if I sounded snappy or rude... wasn't trying to. I was feeling crabby to start with, it wasn't you I was actually grumpy at - actually, it was my neighbor who was making a huge racket to tear down her fence.
BirdLuver288
08-16-2006, 07:16 PM
yea, sound traveles much better under water, and fish have very good hearing, they can hear you talking to them outside the tank even, so banging on the glass with actually phisicly hurt them
cstrohmeyer
08-16-2006, 09:30 PM
Alot of times this will settle out, but not always, and improper feeding is often the cause. DO NOT feed worms as they can constipate goldfish. Pellets (such as Sanyu or Hikari) are best as they expand in the disestive tract and prevent gas. Spirulina flake is also easy to digest. Compare a goldfish digestive tract to a horse, you would not want to feed a horse dog food but feeding worms is doing just that.
I do not know if you are feeding your goldfish properly are not, I just have seen alot of this over the years, and it traces back to feeding more than 50% of the time.
Here is a blog about goldfish feeding:
http://goldfishfood.blogspot.com/
http://aquarium-info.blogspot.com/
Carl
Aquarium Design and Maintenance since 1978
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/