NatureFish
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My sarasa comet goldfish has started floating but is trying to swim downwards. It is on its side and is slowly breathing. No streaks, no pine coned scales, no bloating, no ich spots and it's eyes are crystal clear however it's gills are a little bit red.
Other than that it has a healthy looking body. All the other fish in my pond are healthy. This is not a new fish and no changes to the environment have been made.
I put it in a 5 gallon aquarium with a little bit of aquarium salt and an air tube (it does not have a air stone since I shattered it a few months back). It's not improving and I am 95% sure the fish will not survive.
For some reason my iPad is not letting me upload any pictures so hopefully you guys can tell me something from the description.
Water parameters in the hospital tank are as follows: pH: 7.6 I know for sure Nitrite and Nitrate are good as the water is completely fresh out of the faucet and the water has been treated with Seachem Prime so Ammonia is at 0. Readings for the pond are currently unavailable but I know they can't be bad because I have around 100 fish in that pond and every single one is healthy. I use the same water for my other pond in the front of my house and those fish are also very healthy.
I'm thinking it's swim blatter but I can't imagine how it could have gotten that. I do not feed those fish. At all. They get all their nutrients from things they find in the pond (tadpoles, mosquito larva, water bugs, algae, various plants and bugs etc.) they are not overfed at all. Please tell me what else I can do!
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Other than that it has a healthy looking body. All the other fish in my pond are healthy. This is not a new fish and no changes to the environment have been made.
I put it in a 5 gallon aquarium with a little bit of aquarium salt and an air tube (it does not have a air stone since I shattered it a few months back). It's not improving and I am 95% sure the fish will not survive.
For some reason my iPad is not letting me upload any pictures so hopefully you guys can tell me something from the description.
Water parameters in the hospital tank are as follows: pH: 7.6 I know for sure Nitrite and Nitrate are good as the water is completely fresh out of the faucet and the water has been treated with Seachem Prime so Ammonia is at 0. Readings for the pond are currently unavailable but I know they can't be bad because I have around 100 fish in that pond and every single one is healthy. I use the same water for my other pond in the front of my house and those fish are also very healthy.
I'm thinking it's swim blatter but I can't imagine how it could have gotten that. I do not feed those fish. At all. They get all their nutrients from things they find in the pond (tadpoles, mosquito larva, water bugs, algae, various plants and bugs etc.) they are not overfed at all. Please tell me what else I can do!
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