Floaty goldfish

[cow]

Hello, I have been having some problems with my OLD (13 Yrs) common goldfish, not the fancy kind, with floaty problems, he will sit at top of tank all day ,, when he poos he is okay, but dont do it enough, tonight he is going but it is clear like a bubble, i fed him for the first time ever today a piece of frozen brine shrimp, will this help, i feed peas alot and it seems he gets gassy and sits at top and list over and back again, this is scary! He gets this about this time every year but lately it has been every day for 2 months, the other night was bad, he ate some gel food and swam fast and jerky, then finally sit at top and kept laying on side, next day after some water changes, I do them every 3 days, he was swimming fine, there are 2 6 inch fish in tank, and it has the following 2 filters rated for 40 gallon tanks, one large airstone, ph 8 nitrites 0 ammonia is 0.25 but it always is, cant get it to 0, i might not be reading my test right, so close to color of 0, i have new filter in my house to remove ammonia and the tap has to be 0 now , since the assured me that is what new filter removes, and the color is the same or slightly different , cant tell, from 0 in tank, the nitrates are 40
The other fish is fine, and has been the whole time, I have tried it all!
Any suggestions, or maybe if you think the brine shrimp is working it will help him, i am hoping,If it does should i give more or go back to regular feeding, progold, coblat flakes, etc
Thanks

 

[Cichlid Kid]

You may get better help posting under sick fish instead of planted tanks.
Hope everyrhing works out for you.

 

[PolyptRus]

Hello, I have been having some problems with my OLD (13 Yrs) common goldfish, not the fancy kind, with floaty problems, he will sit at top of tank all day ,, when he poos he is okay, but dont do it enough, tonight he is going but it is clear like a bubble, i fed him for the first time ever today a piece of frozen brine shrimp, will this help, i feed peas alot and it seems he gets gassy and sits at top and list over and back again, this is scary! He gets this about this time every year but lately it has been every day for 2 months, the other night was bad, he ate some gel food and swam fast and jerky, then finally sit at top and kept laying on side, next day after some water changes, I do them every 3 days, he was swimming fine, there are 2 6 inch fish in tank, and it has the following 2 filters rated for 40 gallon tanks, one large airstone, ph 8 nitrites 0 ammonia is 0.25 but it always is, cant get it to 0, i might not be reading my test right, so close to color of 0, i have new filter in my house to remove ammonia and the tap has to be 0 now , since the assured me that is what new filter removes, and the color is the same or slightly different , cant tell, from 0 in tank, the nitrates are 40
The other fish is fine, and has been the whole time, I have tried it all!
Any suggestions, or maybe if you think the brine shrimp is working it will help him, i am hoping,If it does should i give more or go back to regular feeding, progold, coblat flakes, etc
Thanks

I have seen people create harnesses for their goldfish that have problems floating try looking up goldfish harness online i seen some photos of what people created

 

[Cichlid Kid]

Personally, I don't think brine shrimp would be the way to go. If you think constipation is the problem maybe stick with the peas. Though you did mention gas. Hopefully JLK sees this thread. Or try getting a moderator to switch this to another.

 

[cow]

How do i send this to another site, like sick goldfish or get a moderator to move it?? Thanks for the help

 

[Cichlid Kid]

I'm sorry. M not sure. Hopefully someone will be browsing and see this so you can get the help you need.
I luv my goldies too. Some of which I've had for 18yrs. !

 

[cow]

Wow 18yrs, then you know my concern, thanks for the help

 

[Cichlid Kid]

Yep. 2 black moors and a few singletails so yes, I know exactly how concerned you are. I just wish I could help more.