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| Posted | A real puzzle - Benny's swim bladder problem |
| 29-07-2005 20:23 by Selina |
I have a young black moor goldfish (Benny) that is really worrying me. I’ve not had him too long, but last month it became clear he had some internal worms, one of the things I noticed while I was treating him was he began to struggle at staying buoyant. He kept floating to the top of his tank and sometimes rolling on his side. After the full course of the treatment he had improved somewhat, but occasionally I’d see him fighting to get away from the surface.
Steadily he became worse, becoming unable to stop himself from being at the water surface. So I went and got him some swim bladder treatment (bacterial), put him in my hospital tank and began to give him the correct dosages. Unfortunately he’s got his last dose in a couple of days and hasn’t been responding to the treatment. At the moment he’s swimming around at the top of the hospital tank, he’s upright but still unable to get away from the surface. All my other fish are in great health, and I’ve got them in a clean, good sized tank and look after them all very well. So I really unsure of what else I can do. Could internal worms have somehow damaged his swim bladder? Or are there any other things I can do to treat him? I’ve read that the lack of buoyancy could be down to a stomach problem, if that’s the case what can should I do to him to try and treat that? I’m really desperate to help him out. I’m worried the continual stress might kill him – and the last thing I want to do is euthanasia. Without sounding soppy I love the little tike. Any advice and help would be very much appreciated!!!!! You can see a pic of benny at : http://www.vanquishdesign.com/MVC-044S.JPG Selina x:cry: |
| 30-07-2005 16:05 by tony |
swim bladder problems are a common problem for fancy goldfish. Personally, I have never been able to fully cure them, but some do recommend a swim on a mild salt seawater strength solution. (by a swim, I mean the fish, not you). |
| 31-07-2005 16:10 by Selina |
Hey Tony, i Got the problem sorted through www.fishjunkies.com
Turns out its an digestive problem. Benny's has been fasting and hes in great shape again. http://www.vanquishdesign.com/benny.htm Thanks for the advice though =) Selina x (ps, mild salt solutions would SOoo wreck my hair-do) ;p |
| 31-07-2005 16:14 by tony |
nice one. so prehaps that should be the standard advice, to let the fish starve for afew days to fully clean out the digestive tract. |
| 31-07-2005 21:02 by Selina |
It’s worked a treat; I’ve got to carry on fasting him for a couple of days yet. Advice was to not feed the fish for between 3 to 5 days, then feed him half of a fresh, unshelled pea. It clears the digestive tract out and removes any buoyancy problems.
My fish is 100% better already – he’s still got a day left to go. If i had a fish with buoyancy problems, I would try fasting before anything else that’s for sure. Still, I feel quite guilty that I’ve had my fish on two different treatments. And now, I’m starving the poor sod. I’m not sure if he’s going to talk to me again ;P Selina x |
| 31-07-2005 21:16 by emma |
i am sure he will selina it looks as if you are taking good care of him. |
| 19-08-2006 22:55 by mezrie |
hey 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!!! |
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