Hi everyone,
My young sister got a fish about two weeks now. It's a huge red comet goldfish from the local petstore. They had recieved them the day she bought it so they were almost all fine and healthy (except for an extremely big oranda that was swimming upside down everywhere).
When we got home she put it in a 2 gallon bowl. I got that exact same bowl for my two goldfish where one of them died the day after i put it in. The other one died soon after that. So when they died i just decided to give up on goldfish and got a betta.
Now back to my sister's fish, it has beed okay for the last days appart from the very little care and attention my sister gives to it. It swims around the bowl and hides under the plastic plants, everything just fine.
Today i arrived from a sleepover and i noticed that the poor little fish has black spots in its fins, in its body, close to its gills.
We dont have a filter and there is no way we're getting one soon. My parents dont pay for fish stuff except for food, we have to buy everything with the money they give us monthly and my sister doesnt have money for a filter, she probably wouldnt buy one if she had and i'm not gonna buy a filter for her if i dont even have a filter myself. Just making that clear.
I'm pretty sure they are ammonia burns and i know that the water changes are very important for the burns to disappear but my sister wont let me take care of the fish. She says it's her fish and i have mine to take care of and i cant do anything cause last time i changed its water, she got mad and everything.
Is there anything i can do to convince my sister that she has to take care of her fish?
Will it die if she doesnt take care of it?
How can i "scare" her to make her take care of it?
Does it need meds?
I have fungus, ich and fin rot treatment but it says in the box that it workd for other stuff too.
How are the burns treated ?
My young sister got a fish about two weeks now. It's a huge red comet goldfish from the local petstore. They had recieved them the day she bought it so they were almost all fine and healthy (except for an extremely big oranda that was swimming upside down everywhere).
When we got home she put it in a 2 gallon bowl. I got that exact same bowl for my two goldfish where one of them died the day after i put it in. The other one died soon after that. So when they died i just decided to give up on goldfish and got a betta.
Now back to my sister's fish, it has beed okay for the last days appart from the very little care and attention my sister gives to it. It swims around the bowl and hides under the plastic plants, everything just fine.
Today i arrived from a sleepover and i noticed that the poor little fish has black spots in its fins, in its body, close to its gills.
We dont have a filter and there is no way we're getting one soon. My parents dont pay for fish stuff except for food, we have to buy everything with the money they give us monthly and my sister doesnt have money for a filter, she probably wouldnt buy one if she had and i'm not gonna buy a filter for her if i dont even have a filter myself. Just making that clear.
I'm pretty sure they are ammonia burns and i know that the water changes are very important for the burns to disappear but my sister wont let me take care of the fish. She says it's her fish and i have mine to take care of and i cant do anything cause last time i changed its water, she got mad and everything.
Is there anything i can do to convince my sister that she has to take care of her fish?
Will it die if she doesnt take care of it?
How can i "scare" her to make her take care of it?
Does it need meds?
I have fungus, ich and fin rot treatment but it says in the box that it workd for other stuff too.
How are the burns treated ?