Goldfish Dying

[Rhys19]

Does anyone else have a problem with the link?

404 usually means that file doesn't exist, I even tried in a different browser

 

[foxgirl158]

Try this folder

 

[Rhys19]

Try this folder

it worked and man it looks bad I think thats around the death stage hopefully someone here can answer for you sometime soon I don't think she'll survive another week as bad as I say that.

 

[foxgirl158]

it worked and man it looks bad I think thats around the death stage hopefully someone here can answer for you sometime soon I don't think she'll survive another week as bad as I say that.

I know. I think I'm going to try to take her out of the main tank into a small 1 g with her own water and dose her with stress coat and aquarium salt. All I can do at this point is try

 

[Colin_T]

Just do big daily water changes for a week.

You can move the fish if you like but don't lift it out of the water. Use a plastic container so it remains in water. But a small container of water will have less oxygen and the water quality will go off faster.

Weekly water changes will help get the nitrates down.

Filters should be cleaned at least once a month after they are established. Filter media should be washed in a bucket of tank water and re-used. Carbon can be replaced if you want to use it but it isn't needed in most tanks. I normally leave carbon out of filters and put a sponge in its place.

 

[foxgirl158]

Thank you Colin, I will do those water changes to help get my nitrates down. The sick fish will have her own filter which will provide some aeration, and I will do small water changes frequently to help keep her alive if at all possible. I'll post an update if things change, for better or worse

 

[foxgirl158]

UPDATE:
She is in a 1 gallon tank in my room with a filter. Currently she is in a little betta cup, because the filter current would move her around. Most of the time she just lays there like she's dead, barely breathing, but sometimes she'll get spurts of energy and swim around on her side. Could this be swim bladder? If so, what can I do to help treat it? Now that I can see her closer, it looks like her abdomen is swollen, which I know is a sign. Video in next reply (Hopefully)

 

[foxgirl158]

Her name is Pudge, like the fish from Lilo and Stitch

 

[Rhys19]

Her name is Pudge, like the fish from Lilo and Stitch

I can't confirm it but it looks like shes having an issue with the swim bladder if you look at the first few secs in the video (2nd one) you can see that she swims and then starts to float up but immediately goes back down this happend to my clown loach that was dying (still unsure how that one died my second loach the first & 3rd died of ich) it could be a swim bladder issue but again I can't confirm as I'm still new to fish related information. I would recommend researching swim bladder diseases/issues and see if any of the results match what your goldfish is doing hope this helps. @Colin_T may be able to help more about this.

 

[foxgirl158]

I can't confirm it but it looks like shes having an issue with the swim bladder if you look at the first few secs in the video (2nd one) you can see that she swims and then starts to float up but immediately goes back down this happend to my clown loach that was dying (still unsure how that one died my second loach the first & 3rd died of ich) it could be a swim bladder issue but again I can't confirm as I'm still new to fish related information. I would recommend researching swim bladder diseases/issues and see if any of the results match what your goldfish is doing hope this helps. @Colin_T may be able to help more about this.

Thank you Rhys, I looked up how do I tell if my goldfish has swim bladder disease and everything except the gasping for air fit. Anyone have any idea how to treat it and why she would be heaving for breath?

 

[Astronomiii]

Does anyone else have a problem with the link?

yeah got it too

 

[Colin_T]

If you upload the video to YouTube, you can copy & paste the link here and we can view the video at YouTube.

There is no cure for swim bladder problems.

This could be anything. It could be poor water quality, an internal infection, internal organ failure, who knows. Just give the fish clean water, lots of oxygen (aeration) and see how it goes.

 

[Essjay]

I usually do a 25% water change once a month, but I have been doing one almost every other week lately to get the nitrates down.

With 3 goldfish in a 30 gallon tank, you should really be doing 75% water changes every week as normal maintenance. Goldifsh are messy fish and 30 gallons is on the small side for 3 of them so the tank needs very large weekly water changes.
Lack of water changes could be a contributing factor.

 

[foxgirl158]

UPDATE 2:
She died sometime this morning. I came home and found her like this. I'm pretty sure that's blood coming from her gill. What would cause this? Please help. I can't bear to lose the rest of my goldfish this way. I am working on getting
my nitrates down, but since they are only 20 ppm they shouldn't have caused this, and the rest of my levels are normal as far as I can tell.

 

[Avel1896]

Does anyone else have a problem with the link?

Yes I do.
Please post clear oxerall pics of your tank and closeups of your fish.