Urgent Help Needed For Goldfish!

[Betta_Lovex3]

Ok, my friend needs help with her goldfish and fast. She already has him isolated.
His symptoms are as follows-
-floating on top
-gasping for air
-she added salt and he started shaking
-The isolation tank is a ten gallon, and he's a Fancy Fan-tail Goldfish.
She needs to know anything she can do to help him, save him, or let him go on in peace if nothing can be done.
URGENT!

 

[WILDER]

Sounds like a parasite at the moment, can she see anything attached to the fish, also look for a brown to goldish dusitng or grains of salt Plus need info from what size tank the fish has come from, how many fish and which type, plus water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.

 

[Betta_Lovex3]

Sounds like a parasite at the moment, can she see anything attached to the fish, also look for a brown to goldish dusitng or grains of salt Plus need info from what size tank the fish has come from, how many fish and which type, plus water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.

2 other fish fantail, and feeder.
It's a 55 gallon.
How can she test the ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, and PH?

 

[WILDER]

The tank size is good, does the fish look bloated, can it maintain it's balance in the water, it's parasites or a bacterial infection As she added anything to the tank like meds, or has she been decorating or using househould chems near the tank.

 

[Betta_Lovex3]

The tank size is good, does the fish look bloated, can it maintain it's balance in the water, it's parasites or a bacterial infection As she added anything to the tank like meds, or has she been decorating or using househould chems near the tank.

Not really bloated.
He can't swim.
No cleaners near the tank.

 

[WILDER]

The info you are giving me is not really going anywhere, as parasites and bacterial infection can roll into one, see a fish can heavy breath with a bacterial infection.
Glad she added salt that should help with the stress, increase aearation with the fish having difficulty in breathing, as the fish been darting around and flicking against objects, as though something is irratating him.

 

[Betta_Lovex3]

The info you are giving me is not really going anywhere, as parasites and bacterial infection can roll into one, see a fish can heavy breath with a bacterial infection.
Glad she added salt that should help with the stress, increase aearation with the fish having difficulty in breathing, as the fish been darting around and flicking against objects, as though something is irratating him.

No swimming at all, he's just floating there. She just added some stress coat, too.

 

[WILDER]

If he's floating on his back he sounds a goner i'm afraid.

 

[Betta_Lovex3]

If he's floating on his back he sounds a goner i'm afraid.

Is there anything she can do to put him out of his misery?

His name is Orca, BTW.
Edit:He's floating on his side.

 

[WILDER]

Bless him, is he floating on his back as i need to know, don't want to end a fish life it stands a chance.

Swimbladder need an antibiotic fast, though to be honest he dosn't sound like he's going to make it with the heavy breathing.
Cloves oil to put a fish down with.

 

[Betta_Lovex3]

Bless him, is he floating on his back as i need to know, don't want to end a fish life it stands a chance.

Swimbladder need an antibiotic fast, though to be honest he dosn't sound like he's going to make it with the heavy breathing.
Cloves oil to put a fish down with.

What sort of antibiotic would he need?

 

[WILDER]

Tetracycline any, but to be honest you will have to act fast, and it could finish the fish off with the breathing.

Like to know what she has been feeding the fish as goldfish are very prone to swimbladder and need a very varied diet to stop this happening.

 

[Betta_Lovex3]

Tetracycline any, but to be honest you will have to act fast, and it could finish the fish off with the breathing.

She doesnt have anything, and I'm sure by the time she got back from the Petstore he would be gone .
Oh, and would her other fish catch it?

 

[WILDER]

No, i would get the other one on a better diet, frozen foods and veg.
The fish is not going to make it it's dying sorry.

 

[Betta_Lovex3]

No, i would get the other one on a better diet, frozen foods and veg.
The fish is not going to make it it's dying sorry.

Ok, thanks for the help. Any idea how long he has?