Satsumas
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We have two fancy goldfish in a biorb fish bowl. One of them is having trouble swimming properly.
We took it out of the Biorb it was in, and now its in a shallow bowl with an airstone and some artificial plants.
The goldfish is a large, twin tailed fish with big fins.
It's not right at all, it cant get off the bottom, it moves around mostly on it's side and does respond to us when we go near.
It has no noticable blemishes, sores or grazes, and doesn't appear to be stressed all that much. It is a little bit fat, probably too fat.
We thought that it might be a digestion problem, it could be constipated, so we have been feeding it peas, which we're pretty sure it has been eating.
Could it have a swim bladder problem?
This fish has always seemed a bit dopey, occasionally swimming the wrong way, or toppling over, but this has always been fairly normal, and it would soon sort itself out.
The fish is 'pooping', but not the normal amount for a goldfish of this size (small thin amounts as opposed to great long stands!)
here are some pics:
The sick fish
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/elliott_001/DSC_0002Medium.jpg
His current home
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/elliott_001/DSC_0003Medium.jpg
His friend (who is in perfect health)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/elliott_001/DSC_0005Medium.jpg
Could anyone tell us what type of goldfish they are?
Any help would be great.
TIA
We took it out of the Biorb it was in, and now its in a shallow bowl with an airstone and some artificial plants.
The goldfish is a large, twin tailed fish with big fins.
It's not right at all, it cant get off the bottom, it moves around mostly on it's side and does respond to us when we go near.
It has no noticable blemishes, sores or grazes, and doesn't appear to be stressed all that much. It is a little bit fat, probably too fat.
We thought that it might be a digestion problem, it could be constipated, so we have been feeding it peas, which we're pretty sure it has been eating.
Could it have a swim bladder problem?
This fish has always seemed a bit dopey, occasionally swimming the wrong way, or toppling over, but this has always been fairly normal, and it would soon sort itself out.
The fish is 'pooping', but not the normal amount for a goldfish of this size (small thin amounts as opposed to great long stands!)
here are some pics:
The sick fish
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/elliott_001/DSC_0002Medium.jpg
His current home
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/elliott_001/DSC_0003Medium.jpg
His friend (who is in perfect health)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/elliott_001/DSC_0005Medium.jpg
Could anyone tell us what type of goldfish they are?
Any help would be great.
TIA