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| Posted | Goldfish has swim bladder disease .. |
| 07-07-2005 23:12 by Jewel |
My block moor has had swim bladder problems since about the time i got him 1 and half years ago, when it got bad i would put him in a tank with 6 inches of water kosher salt and hand feed him peas and brine shrimp, but its gotten worse, for months now he hasent been able to do anything more than float upside down on the top of the tank. This time the seperate tank isnt helping him. I dont wanna flush him.. he still eats and tries to flip over, It must be frustrating..Any one have any other ideas? or should i just end his life?? Im tired of changing his water in his goldfish bowl and hand feeding him daily.. The fish in the regular tank just swim at the side of the tank and watch him lol..  |
| 07-07-2005 23:22 by jewel |
And is there any way to tell if s goldfish is female or male??? |
| 08-07-2005 04:56 by xxx |
Whats the water quality like. Salt usually only works for external ailments like whitespot. You could try a wide range disease treatment or a specific one for swim bladder. |
| 08-07-2005 17:16 by jewel |
i did some research on it, they say there is no cure, justt to try those home remidies, but i think he iscomin to his end, all of a sudden there are reddish looking buldges by his rear.. just appeared the last few days.. if it gets worse.. what is the best way to put him out of his misery?? i dont wanan flush him alive, and im not to intrested in cutting his head off like some sites say...... |
| 09-07-2005 13:00 by rob |
sorry to hear it about your fish but if you have to the quickest and cleanest way to cull it is to give it a sharp hard blow to the head (if done right death is instant )
do not put it in the freezer as some will suggest as this is very slow at causing death (it splits all the cells in the body as they freeze) |
| 09-07-2005 17:35 by jewel |
is there any medicine i can gave him?? right now i am gonna try one last thing not feed him for like 5 days.. |
| 09-07-2005 18:03 by rob |
if it is swimbladder interpet do a medication you could try its called swimbladder treatment
when you feed it does it always feed from the surface if so it could just be trapped air in its gullet causing it to float to the surface you could try feeding a sinking pellet that may help |
| 10-07-2005 04:11 by jewel |
well yea now , it cant do anything but float on the top... it cant swim to the bottom to get sinking food.. i hand feed him now..i havent fed him in 2 days wondering if it was ablockage.. but it poopedg reen so the peas are goin through.. but right by its anus it has 2 bloody looking lumps. i dont know what is wrong with him anymore.. he is still belly up andcant flip over he is in 6 inched of kosher salt water. ive tried everything i can and he is getting worse.. i feel bad...i amgoin to go to the fish store on monday and ask them if t hey have anything to help him |
| 11-07-2005 12:26 by Alan |
There are genetic problems associated with fancy goldfish this being one of them they have an overly compressed and deformed swimbladder as well as funny guts.
As a result there probably is very little you can do as it is often a recurring condition and in this case seems chronic. I would attempt to treat it with an off the shelf remedy and if this doesn't work euthanase the fish but don't do this by flushing it down the loo dissolve a large amount of asprin in the water the fish is in this will put the fish to sleep humanely. Equally decapitation is a method of euthanasure commonly used but I do not think this is particularly humane equally clubbing a fish to death is not humane. Exact dosage of aspirin I am not sure of but you can normally find it in a good fish health book if you can't find the details post on here and I will have a look through my books at home. |
| 21-07-2005 11:52 by Elaine |
Sorry to hear a bout your fish Jewel. We have 2 discus that are having swim-bladder difficulites. I have read in several places about feading them peas like you have been doing. I'd like to try this. Are these peas cooked or raw? Do they need any special preperation or do you just put them in the tank as is? Thanks! |
| 19-08-2006 22:59 by mezrie |
ey there, how bad was your fishy with the whole buoyancy thing. My fish has progressively got worse and now he's almost upside down on the bottom of the tank. It's very distressing to see. I've been trying to help him for a few days now, just feeding him a pea every morning but maybe i shoudl just fast him? I've also been treating him with some swim bladder medication. He's on his own at the mo as one of the other fish he was in with started to bully him and thats the last thing he needs rigth now. He looks a very sorry sight He's a golden panchax. Please help!!! |
| 19-08-2006 23:11 by Lexter |
as far as i am concerned the the top methods for euthanising are
1. slam the fish on a hard surface with a lot of force, BUT the fish must be not too small and not too big (i.e 2cm to 5cm) 2. frozen water, lots of ice but still some water, as cold as you can possibly get it without freezing over, FOR TROPICAL FISH 3. Clove oil and small vodka mix Aspirin? possibly, but do your research you will rarely see aspirin as a method |
| 19-08-2006 23:47 by rob r |
try feeding only sinking food as this way the fish wont take in any air while eating |
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