Jim Sinclair
Fish Fanatic
This is Floppy, whom I wrote about in my intro post. Floppy was hatched July 21st and is three months old. Floppy's mother is a common goldfish and the father is either a common or a comet. (I'm not sure which of my adult fish are the parents, but I know that all of them are commons except two comets, and both of those are males.)
A week ago today I noticed floppy lying on the floor of the tank like this, initially tried to remove what I thought was a dead fish, and upon discovering that it was alive, moved it to a hospital tank where I've been treating with Paraguard.
Two days ago it occurred to me that in, at that time, five days of having Floppy isolated in a separate tank, I have not found any fish poop when doing water changes. I looked up goldfish constipation and began to suspect that might be the problem, even though Floppy does not appear visibly bloated. I tried a brief Epsom salt bath yesterday and have offered mashed peas. Still no poop found in the hospital tank as of this morning.
Today Floppy is going to the vet. We have an appointment for 4 p.m. I'm in the eastern US time zone, so that's about 3 hours from now.
Here is a new picture (which I also emailed to the vet). I don't see fish lying still on their sides very often, so I'm not sure what's normal, but it seems to me that there's a ridge along the side that's becoming a little more pronounced, as if the abdomen might be getting distended. Do others see this too?
There's also a kind of tiny raised "button" on Floppy's right side just forward of the tail, but I don't know if that shows in any of the pictures or videos I've taken.
The green stuff is mashed peas. I think a few molecules may have been consumed.
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A week ago today I noticed floppy lying on the floor of the tank like this, initially tried to remove what I thought was a dead fish, and upon discovering that it was alive, moved it to a hospital tank where I've been treating with Paraguard.
Two days ago it occurred to me that in, at that time, five days of having Floppy isolated in a separate tank, I have not found any fish poop when doing water changes. I looked up goldfish constipation and began to suspect that might be the problem, even though Floppy does not appear visibly bloated. I tried a brief Epsom salt bath yesterday and have offered mashed peas. Still no poop found in the hospital tank as of this morning.
Today Floppy is going to the vet. We have an appointment for 4 p.m. I'm in the eastern US time zone, so that's about 3 hours from now.
Here is a new picture (which I also emailed to the vet). I don't see fish lying still on their sides very often, so I'm not sure what's normal, but it seems to me that there's a ridge along the side that's becoming a little more pronounced, as if the abdomen might be getting distended. Do others see this too?
There's also a kind of tiny raised "button" on Floppy's right side just forward of the tail, but I don't know if that shows in any of the pictures or videos I've taken.
The green stuff is mashed peas. I think a few molecules may have been consumed.
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