Sick Goldfish Please Help

[jasminekiddell]

Hi All, I'm looking for some help regarding my fish.
My fish sweet is ill, about a week and a half ago she was upside down with swimming bladder, so i pooped her into a breeding trap and treated her for swimming bladder she was fine after and started to become her happy self again. & recently these I’d say past 5 days she's become unhappy, i think she may be ill? She's back in the breeding trap because when in the tank she just sits on the tank floor all the time and either breathe rapidly or not much. I don't know what’s wrong with her, she’s just always lethargic and i don't know what to do or what’s wrong.
I've fed her peas the night before last night but she's still the same.
Also when she swims which she will if i put my finger in the water or something she swims fine, no balance problems and she's no fatter or slimmer than usual. The other fish will keep nudging her to move, which is another reason why she’s in the trap.
IF anyone has any advice for me I’d be very grateful. I just can't loose this fish she means a lot to me. (I've also added salt to the tank the last few days to see if it helps her but so far hasn't)
Many thanks.
Jasmine.

Tank size - 125l/33G
How many goldfish - 3
Tank is fully cycled, with a year's goldfish media.

I'll test the water soon when i can, until then i'd ust like to know what to do.

 

[mark4785]

Hi All, I'm looking for some help regarding my fish.
My fish sweet is ill, about a week and a half ago she was upside down with swimming bladder, so i pooped her into a breeding trap and treated her for swimming bladder she was fine after and started to become her happy self again. & recently these I’d say past 5 days she's become unhappy, i think she may be ill? She's back in the breeding trap because when in the tank she just sits on the tank floor all the time and either breathe rapidly or not much. I don't know what’s wrong with her, she’s just always lethargic and i don't know what to do or what’s wrong.
I've fed her peas the night before last night but she's still the same.
Also when she swims which she will if i put my finger in the water or something she swims fine, no balance problems and she's no fatter or slimmer than usual. The other fish will keep nudging her to move, which is another reason why she’s in the trap.
IF anyone has any advice for me I’d be very grateful. I just can't loose this fish she means a lot to me. (I've also added salt to the tank the last few days to see if it helps her but so far hasn't)
Many thanks.
Jasmine.

Tank size - 125l/33G
How many goldfish - 3
Tank is fully cycled, with a year's goldfish media.

I'll test the water soon when i can, until then i'd ust like to know what to do.

I have never dealt with a swimbladder issue with my fish, but after doing some research into disease of the swimbladder, it is believed a fish has this problem if it can only partially balance itself or is unable to balance itself at all. As a result, the fish will cope by settling at the bottom of the tank or floating at the top to maintain some sort of balance.

The causes of the disease are both genetic and external. If the fish's external environment is a source of stress or trauma this can affect their swimbladder. If the fish is being bullied by others you may need to totally separate the fish from the rest (i.e. different tank). If the water parameters have suddenly changed (i.e. dramatic change in ammonia/nitrite concentration or 3-5 degree centrigrade change in water temperature per hour may constitute a stressor) you will need to rectify these problems to improve the swimbladder issue; reduce the concentrate of toxins or revert back to a temperature that the fish are most used to (you should not increase/decrease by more than 1 degree centrigrade per hour in order to avoid stressing the fish). Swimbladder can be a by-product of other parasitic or bacterial infections; be sure to treat these before addressing the swimbladder issue; applying an aquatic salt solution is often a good method for rectifying parastic/bacterial infections as the salt draws the nutrients that the parasite/bacteria thrives on out. Inadequate diet may also cause swimbladder issues; feed the fish a high protein food and dose the tank with a vitamin supplement. I found an online source suggesting naturalistic foods are good for treating swimbladder (i.e. Peas, oranges, bits of prawn) and manufactured foods (i.e. flakes, pellets) should be avoided at all costs.

Lastly, if the fish is genetically predisposed to have an abnormal swimbladder treat the condition as described above.