MaggstAa
Aquarium Advice Regular
I have quite a small common goldfish, we have had him for a couple months now and he lives in our aquarium with a couple others. They have been doing very well, except the past few days the little one has had some very strange symptoms with his eating and bowel habits.
We have had problems with other goldfish with constipation in the past, so we feed them every other day. They have been doing well with this with regular and healthy poos and eating well, but a couple days ago during dinner time, he ate all of his food and then about 5 minutes later just threw it all back up. Like the entire meal, not just a small piece, it was quite a lot. He tried to eat some more, but every time he took a bite, no matter the size of the flake, he would spit it right back out. I've noticed now since then every time I feed them, he takes a bite of food and spits it right back out, over and over and over again. And now even weirder, the past few days since this, his poops have been just long stringy clear/white strands. Tonight the one he has is like four inches long, at least twice the length of his body, and still white and stringy. Attached are two photos, you can partially see the string hanging from his behind...
I'm getting concerned, his fins aren't clamped and otherwise he is swimming and acting normally, but it seems he isn't able to keep anything down, but is still having massive but abnormal bowel movements. His tank mates are all eating and pooing normally and healthily. Any idea what could be the matter with him??
Thanks for the help!
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We have had problems with other goldfish with constipation in the past, so we feed them every other day. They have been doing well with this with regular and healthy poos and eating well, but a couple days ago during dinner time, he ate all of his food and then about 5 minutes later just threw it all back up. Like the entire meal, not just a small piece, it was quite a lot. He tried to eat some more, but every time he took a bite, no matter the size of the flake, he would spit it right back out. I've noticed now since then every time I feed them, he takes a bite of food and spits it right back out, over and over and over again. And now even weirder, the past few days since this, his poops have been just long stringy clear/white strands. Tonight the one he has is like four inches long, at least twice the length of his body, and still white and stringy. Attached are two photos, you can partially see the string hanging from his behind...
I'm getting concerned, his fins aren't clamped and otherwise he is swimming and acting normally, but it seems he isn't able to keep anything down, but is still having massive but abnormal bowel movements. His tank mates are all eating and pooing normally and healthily. Any idea what could be the matter with him??
Thanks for the help!
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