Is my goldfish acting normally?

[Colin_T]

I would also get some water conditioner to remove chlorine & chloramine just in case there is any in the water. I know you said there is none in your water but I would add some any way. Dechlorinators will not hurt the fish but chlorine/ chloramine will.

If you are unsure about which filter or dechlorinator to get, write down what brands are at the pet shop and post them here. We can advise you on which is better.

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If you can't find a decent pump or filter, then see if they have any aquarium plants in pots, or floating plants. The plants will use ammonia in the water and help keep it cleaner.

Some good floating plants include Duckweed, Azolla, Salvinnia and Water Sprite.

Some good plants to have growing in pots include Vallis, Ambulia, Hygrophilla polysperma, Ludwigia or Amazon Swordplants.

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If you do get live plants, they will need some light so you will need to put the aquarium where it gets some light but doesn't get too hot. or you can put a desk lamp or some other sort of light above the tank. But a filter, aeration (bubbles or surface turbulence) and lots of clean water is the most important thing for fish keeping.

 

[PakisGoldfish]

Well i just came home from school... i put him in a big bowl(around 4,5 litres) the biggest i could find. I put him in the bowl with the water of his tank and i added water from an other bowl, which i had kept from yesterday morning... he is still bent and can't swim... Any idea about what to do?

 

[Ch4rlie]

Is this bowl bigger than the previous tank?

Not ideal

 

[PakisGoldfish]

It is bigger... the biggest i found

 

[Colin_T]

I hate to say this but maybe euthanase the fish. The fish is not getting better and it is only suffering now. Put him in a bucket of water and pop him in the freezer. When the water is frozen then bury him in the garden.

 

[PakisGoldfish]

What?!?!?... won't he suffer more if i put him in freezer? Are you really sure about that?!?!?

 

[PakisGoldfish]

What?!?!?... won't he suffer more if i put him in freezer? Are you really sure about that?!?!?

And also: If he has any chance to live in a thing like small lake... there is on a mountain and it gets water from a river i think... other goldfish live in there too and they are huge...
Does he have any chance to survive in there?

 

[Colin_T]

If he isn't swimming around and is not getting better, and he has an arched back, he doesn't sound good. The water changes should have helped him and didn't. This means there is either something else wrong with the fish or the water you are adding is unsafe or not suitable for him.

If you can get to the petshop and get some water conditioner and a filter and see if that helps then do so, but I think it is too late now.

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You don't want to put any fish, let alone a sick fish into a lake or river with other fish. He could have a parasite that might infect the other fish, and he might not survive if you put him in there. The other fish could also eat him while he is dying.

 

[Essjay]

Please do not put a living fish in the freezer.

https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/blog/articles/painful-fish-deaths-you-might-be-guilty

Down at the bottom of this article, it says that the preferred method is anaesthetic overdose with concussion and brain destruction second preferable. The article describes both of these methods.

 

[PakisGoldfish]

No need... he died

 

[Colin_T]

sorry to hear that

 

[PakisGoldfish]

Well it's horrible... and it is my fault because in pet shop he was just fine

 

[Colin_T]

yes it's horrible, but it's not your fault. The pet shop should never have sold you that tank for that fish. And they should have told you how to look after him.

you went to a shop and bought a fish and got bad information from the shop. Similar things happened to me when I first started keeping fish. And many other people got bad info too when they first started keeping fish. And because of the bad information from the shop, a fish is dead.

 

[PakisGoldfish]

And many fish die... i really hate those pet store people who sell fish but don't inform their customers!!!

 

[Colin_T]

i really hate those pet store people who sell fish but don't inform their customers!!!

so do I.

unfortunately some people just don't care about the animals they are selling. If a customer loses a fish, they shop doesn't care. Unless is it cold hard cash they couldn't give a damn.

the number of people that come onto this forum and other forums asking for help (like you did) is incredible, and shows that some shops provide good information and others don't., And it doesn't matter where you live, the same thing happens in every country.