The Issue: Please read below for full details about the tank cleaning I did earlier, and the information on my tank and fish...thanks, I'm a bit panicked.
Anyway, my goldfish is acting strangely. He is usually pretty active (a normal gold fantail, common variety), and swims around a lot. However, he tends to swim around a lot. For the last four or so hours, he has been swimming mostly toward the bottom of the right side of my tank, back and forth quickly.
The odd thing is that, when he turns around, he sort of dips to his side more than usual, like he is swooping to the side. He can swim normally but he looks uneasy, and often picks at the gravel more than usual before going up to the surface and going back to the weird laps.
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So I have had the same goldfish for about 5 months now. He's in a freshwater aquarium (10 gal) with a running filter that I change once a month, and I also have a lid and I keep the light on an hour a day. I feed my fish twice a day, with one good sized pinch each.
I have been taking really good care of my fish and his aquarium, but I only recently tried siphoning...my first time being earlier this evening.
I did the siphoning successfully, and spent brief periods of time in each spot on the gravel. I filled the siphon chamber with gravel before releasing it back down. The tank was a bit cloudy after but it cleared back up after a short amount of time.
Thanks so much...I want to make sure the fish is ok and if not, what I can do about it now.
Anyway, my goldfish is acting strangely. He is usually pretty active (a normal gold fantail, common variety), and swims around a lot. However, he tends to swim around a lot. For the last four or so hours, he has been swimming mostly toward the bottom of the right side of my tank, back and forth quickly.
The odd thing is that, when he turns around, he sort of dips to his side more than usual, like he is swooping to the side. He can swim normally but he looks uneasy, and often picks at the gravel more than usual before going up to the surface and going back to the weird laps.
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So I have had the same goldfish for about 5 months now. He's in a freshwater aquarium (10 gal) with a running filter that I change once a month, and I also have a lid and I keep the light on an hour a day. I feed my fish twice a day, with one good sized pinch each.
I have been taking really good care of my fish and his aquarium, but I only recently tried siphoning...my first time being earlier this evening.
I did the siphoning successfully, and spent brief periods of time in each spot on the gravel. I filled the siphon chamber with gravel before releasing it back down. The tank was a bit cloudy after but it cleared back up after a short amount of time.
Thanks so much...I want to make sure the fish is ok and if not, what I can do about it now.