August 9th 03, 08:58 PM
put him back into his tank if the other fish are fine, do 50% water changes 5 days in
a row, add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first, add slowly.
what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH?
Ingrid
"DC01" > wrote:
>My Oranda has been lying at the bottom of the tank and seems to be in
>seroius trouble. No visible signs of illness e.g. spots,fungus etc. He just
>seems to be lifeless and very rarely he will swim a few cm's and then lay on
>the bottom of the tank again. I have put him in a seperate tank with treated
>water and an airstone. Any ideas on what else I can do to help the little
>guy, or any ideas what is happening to him??
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>DC
>
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a row, add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first, add slowly.
what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH?
Ingrid
"DC01" > wrote:
>My Oranda has been lying at the bottom of the tank and seems to be in
>seroius trouble. No visible signs of illness e.g. spots,fungus etc. He just
>seems to be lifeless and very rarely he will swim a few cm's and then lay on
>the bottom of the tank again. I have put him in a seperate tank with treated
>water and an airstone. Any ideas on what else I can do to help the little
>guy, or any ideas what is happening to him??
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>DC
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.