goldfish is not moving after 4 days

[hiba]

hi
I purchased 4 goldfish and I used an air pump and carbon filter
but after 4 days the goldfish is not moving and its head toward down
is it sleeping or dead?
please if there is any way to recover them tell me

[Aiken Drum]

Please take a read through the unhealthy fish sticky and provide as much detail as you are able.

https://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...his-32451.html

[hiba]

type of fish :goldfish
the wrong with fish : it is not moving and its head toward down
size of tank :1 gallon
filter: carbon filter
name of filter: Fluval Spec/Evo/Flex Activated Carbon, Replacement Aquarium Filter Media A1377
quantity of fish:4
size of fish and kind: all four are the same size and same kind of goldfish
change water: today at 7 pm
about gravel: I do not put gravel
duration:4 days all four fishes
a new thing to tank: I used water Refresh drinking water
food: flakes

[Aiken Drum]

A lot wrong here, and a lot of unanswered questions.

How long have you had these fish?

A 1 gallon tank isnt big enough to keep any fish in, let alone goldfish. There is not a single species of fish i would recommend to put in a 1 gallon tank.

Goldfish get big, like 12 inches long. And if they are kept in a suitable living environment they will live decades.

If we assume your goldfish are fancy type goldish then a single goldfish needs a 20 gallon tank as a minimum. Each additional goldfish an additional 10 gallons. So your goldfish needs at least a 50 gallon tank if they are fancy type goldfish. If they are comet type an even bigger tank is needed. 30 gallons for a single comet GF and again another 10 gallons for each additional GF.

There are so many health issues from keeping GF in such a poor living environment its not even worth going onto. There is zero possibility of keeping healthy goldfish in a 1 gallon tank.

2 options.

- Get a much bigger tank immediately. Or
- Return the fish to where you got them and keep a few shrimp or a snail in your 1 gallon tank.

Im going to post a link to a thread discussing what to do if you find yourself with goldfish and dont know what to do with them.

https://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...re-377527.html