Dying (?) fish

[soup]

Have a red and white comet, it appears to be on its last legs, lying at
bottom of tank,only swimming when it has too . It was brought home from
the pet shop about a year ago, is there anything I can do to put some
zing back into it? As a year seems a long time for a goldfish but
people have been telling stories of when they were a kid they had a
goldfish for 5 years.
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[soup]

soup wrote:
> Have a red and white comet, it appears to be on its last legs, lying
> at bottom of tank,only swimming when it has too . It was brought
> home from the pet shop about a year ago, is there anything I can do
> to put some zing back into it? As a year seems a long time for a
> goldfish but people have been telling stories of when they were a kid
> they had a goldfish for 5 years.


They have been in the same tank for the year so nitrite and ammonia
levels should be ok and I can think of no big changes in their tank that
would cause this change in behaviour, water has been changed regularly
(40% every two weeks)and algae removed when the water is changed
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[Steve]

soup wrote:
> Have a red and white comet, it appears to be on its last legs, lying at
> bottom of tank,only swimming when it has too . It was brought home from
> the pet shop about a year ago, is there anything I can do to put some
> zing back into it? As a year seems a long time for a goldfish but
> people have been telling stories of when they were a kid they had a
> goldfish for 5 years.

My goldfish are 6 and 9 years old, still going strong.

What size is your aquarium? 10 gal is considered bare minimum for one
goldfish, with good filtration. Perhaps the fish has outgrown your tank?

Steve

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1. check the water parameters: pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrates
2. do the fish physical
3. change some or all of the water
4. from the water parameters and physical decide on a course of action
5. if there is nothing specific, do the tub to tub method
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"soup" > wrote:

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>Have a red and white comet, it appears to be on its last legs, lying at
>bottom of tank,only swimming when it has too . It was brought home from
>the pet shop about a year ago, is there anything I can do to put some
>zing back into it? As a year seems a long time for a goldfish but
>people have been telling stories of when they were a kid they had a
>goldfish for 5 years.



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[soup]

Steve wrote:
> My goldfish are 6 and 9 years old, still going strong.

Mmm won't have been in the shop 5~8 years so only having them for one
year seems a tad short timed.

> What size is your aquarium? 10 gal is considered bare minimum for one
> goldfish, with good filtration. Perhaps the fish has outgrown your
> tank?

Tank is far to small (have always known this) only 5 gals two fish in
it, it is actually sons set-up and aside from the initial two day "oh
wow", mum and I have done all the cleaning,looking after etc. TBH I am
not a fish keeper (never wanted to be) but I still do not like the
thought of something dying. Filters are changed every two weeks when
water is changed actual filter is cleaned by wiping, not washed, to help
preserve any organisms.

As I type this the fish is calling me a liar as it seems fine just now
CONJECTURE
Could the fish have been sleeping/sleepy, have seen it sleeping lots
of times before just never seemed to go on and on like this how long (on
average) do GF spend asleep? Could it have been sleeping at night before
and I just haven't noticed it sleeping so much or is this aparent
sleeping/sleepy behaviour usually a sign that it is on its way out?


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[Koi-lo]

"soup" > wrote in message
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> Could the fish have been sleeping/sleepy, have seen it sleeping lots
> of times before just never seemed to go on and on like this how long (on
> average) do GF spend asleep? Could it have been sleeping at night before
> and I just haven't noticed it sleeping so much or is this aparent
> sleeping/sleepy behaviour usually a sign that it is on its way out?
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GF don't sleep in the daytime like that. It sounds like there is a problem
of some kind with your fish. A 5g tank is too small for even 1 adult
goldfish. I hope you plan to purchase at LEAST a 20g tank if you plan to
keep them both. More frequent water changes should help until you purchase
the larger tank.
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