Anyone willing to rescue sick goldfish

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Thanks a bunch for informing me. Glad to hear that it's something that can be fixed. I'll make sure to note everything you mentioned a side from the salt treatment since I've already started with melafix before posting on this forum. For food I usually feed him a mix of repashy and pellets but have been giving him peas only as of late due to swim bladder. I'll be sure to toss out those pellets and try only repashy.

No need to toss the pellets, just soak the amount you're going to feed in a little tank water for 20 mins or so before you feed it. Then it'll sink rather than bob at the surface, and the fish is less likely to be gulping them at the surface and taking in a lot of air

 

[Colin_T]

Besides what AdoraBelle said, you can sue pellets as part of a varied diet. Just make sure they get other foods too. And take them off pellets for a week to see if that fixes the swimming issue.