Horsegirlmaddy
Aquarium Advice Activist
Two of my ten year old comets had been looking unwell for a little while, so I moved them to a 60 gallon hospital tank two days ago. One appeared much better with a bit of salt, but then mysteriously died overnight. The other one has been lying on the gravel with his fins clamped, only moving occasionally but with no other outward signs of illness- no excess mucous, no gasping, no abrasions etc. this morning, though, he seems to have taken a turn for the worse. He's lying on his side with his body bent, and if I try to get him to move, he swims in circles sporadically with his body still bent.
Ammonia and nitrite are 0, nitrate is 10 or less. This is my baby, we've raised these four goldfish from the size of my pinky as "feeder comets", they've even spawned in our pond once, and they've been as healthy as health can be for ten years. All of a sudden this year, though, we lost one last summer to dropsy, then the one that died yesterday had a bit of fin rot a few months back. This guy is around 10" long and weighs around 2 pounds- he was the image of a happy healthy fish. I want to do anything I can to help him pull through, so any advice and insight at all would be very gratefully appreciated.
Ammonia and nitrite are 0, nitrate is 10 or less. This is my baby, we've raised these four goldfish from the size of my pinky as "feeder comets", they've even spawned in our pond once, and they've been as healthy as health can be for ten years. All of a sudden this year, though, we lost one last summer to dropsy, then the one that died yesterday had a bit of fin rot a few months back. This guy is around 10" long and weighs around 2 pounds- he was the image of a happy healthy fish. I want to do anything I can to help him pull through, so any advice and insight at all would be very gratefully appreciated.
