Hi,
I just bought a small aquarium and filter (6 gallons) and it's been running about two months with partial water changes and four fancy goldfish. About three weeks ago, I got 3 more and added them. One died pretty quickly and now another of the new ones has gone 'off'. I hope to save it with some advice. Here are the symptoms:
Dorsal fin down, tail fins turned down and it began to hang around the bottom of the tank. All the other fish are fine and vigorous. I have removed it and put it in another small tank with filter and entirely fresh water. It has been lieing on the bottom for 36 hours now and will occasionally struggle about in an ungainly way if disturbed by torchlight. It looks mighty sick to me, but it has no external abnormalities.
Any advice please?
I just bought a small aquarium and filter (6 gallons) and it's been running about two months with partial water changes and four fancy goldfish. About three weeks ago, I got 3 more and added them. One died pretty quickly and now another of the new ones has gone 'off'. I hope to save it with some advice. Here are the symptoms:
Dorsal fin down, tail fins turned down and it began to hang around the bottom of the tank. All the other fish are fine and vigorous. I have removed it and put it in another small tank with filter and entirely fresh water. It has been lieing on the bottom for 36 hours now and will occasionally struggle about in an ungainly way if disturbed by torchlight. It looks mighty sick to me, but it has no external abnormalities.
Any advice please?