My goldfish is lopsided?

[Twinkles]

Hi,
I noticed that my goldfish is a bit lopsided, like it bends to the left
a bit, and one of it's fins doesn't move as much as the other.

Does anyone know whats wrong?

Also I'm feeding flakes, but should I feed other food if its going a bit
lopsided like that?

From Twinkles.

[Geezer From The Freezer]

Twinkles - this may be normal but, feed other foods like
shelled peas (I cook mine in microwave and then cool them),
seaweed etc.

Flakes and pellets should be soaked in tank water to make them sink.
Air in food is not good for goldies as it upsets their swim bladder.

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a fin not working well sounds like heart attack or stroke. try fasting the fish for
2 days and see if anything improves. water changes of course and add 1 teaspoon salt
per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first, add slowly. Ingrid

Twinkles > wrote:
>I noticed that my goldfish is a bit lopsided, like it bends to the left
>a bit, and one of it's fins doesn't move as much as the other.
>
>Does anyone know whats wrong?
>
>Also I'm feeding flakes, but should I feed other food if its going a bit
>lopsided like that?
>
> From Twinkles.



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[Twinkles]

wrote:

Dear Ingrid,

Should I try salts or epsom salts?
It looks like he's a bit constipated, looking at his poop. He hasn't
had a long trail of poop for ages.

And through his belly it looks a bit black or dark.

I've just been feeding tiny amounts of peas, he's had about two today.
So should I fast him?

From Twinkles

And thanks for the advice everybody!


> a fin not working well sounds like heart attack or stroke. try fasting the fish for
> 2 days and see if anything improves. water changes of course and add 1 teaspoon salt
> per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first, add slowly. Ingrid
>
> Twinkles > wrote:
>
>>I noticed that my goldfish is a bit lopsided, like it bends to the left
>>a bit, and one of it's fins doesn't move as much as the other.
>>
>>Does anyone know whats wrong?
>>
>>Also I'm feeding flakes, but should I feed other food if its going a bit
>>lopsided like that?
>>
>>From Twinkles.
>
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.

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long trails of poops is NOT GOOD. sure, try a grain of epsom salts in a pea. but
change water, add 1 teaspoon table salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first,
add slowly. keeping changing water and see how he does. Ingrid

Twinkles > wrote:
>Should I try salts or epsom salts?
>It looks like he's a bit constipated, looking at his poop. He hasn't
>had a long trail of poop for ages.
>
>And through his belly it looks a bit black or dark.
>
>I've just been feeding tiny amounts of peas, he's had about two today.
>So should I fast him?
>
> From Twinkles
>
>And thanks for the advice everybody!
>
>
>> a fin not working well sounds like heart attack or stroke. try fasting the fish for
>> 2 days and see if anything improves. water changes of course and add 1 teaspoon salt
>> per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first, add slowly. Ingrid
>>
>> Twinkles > wrote:
>>
>>>I noticed that my goldfish is a bit lopsided, like it bends to the left
>>>a bit, and one of it's fins doesn't move as much as the other.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know whats wrong?
>>>
>>>Also I'm feeding flakes, but should I feed other food if its going a bit
>>>lopsided like that?
>>>
>>>From Twinkles.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> 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.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

[Twinkles]

wrote:

Ah that's good. Actually I think it's never had a long trail of poop, i
meant long compared to now because he hadn't pooped much. But I gave it
a little grain of epsom salt with a pea, and he got out a lot of poop
today, and is swimming better, and more active, so I think it worked :)

But im a bit worried because some of the poop is tinged with blood?? (I
tried to open the reply on this group about red poop but i can't open it).

What does this mean?
and is it okay to feed my fish now?

Twinkles

> long trails of poops is NOT GOOD. sure, try a grain of epsom salts in a pea. but
> change water, add 1 teaspoon table salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first,
> add slowly. keeping changing water and see how he does. Ingrid
>
> Twinkles > wrote:
>
>>Should I try salts or epsom salts?
>>It looks like he's a bit constipated, looking at his poop. He hasn't
>>had a long trail of poop for ages.
>>
>>And through his belly it looks a bit black or dark.
>>
>>I've just been feeding tiny amounts of peas, he's had about two today.
>>So should I fast him?
>>
>>From Twinkles
>>
>>And thanks for the advice everybody!
>>
>>
>>
>>>a fin not working well sounds like heart attack or stroke. try fasting the fish for
>>>2 days and see if anything improves. water changes of course and add 1 teaspoon salt
>>>per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first, add slowly. Ingrid
>>>
>>>Twinkles > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I noticed that my goldfish is a bit lopsided, like it bends to the left
>>>>a bit, and one of it's fins doesn't move as much as the other.
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone know whats wrong?
>>>>
>>>>Also I'm feeding flakes, but should I feed other food if its going a bit
>>>>lopsided like that?
>>>>
>>>
>>>>From Twinkles.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>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.
>
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.

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good poop is poop you dont see because it falls apart the minute it exits. when you
are seeing chunks, it is from overfeeding. most people overfeed their fish with poor
quality food or food they cannot digest, like land based veggies. Ingrid

Twinkles > wrote:

wrote:
>
>Ah that's good. Actually I think it's never had a long trail of poop, i
>meant long compared to now because he hadn't pooped much. But I gave it
>a little grain of epsom salt with a pea, and he got out a lot of poop
>today, and is swimming better, and more active, so I think it worked :)
>
>But im a bit worried because some of the poop is tinged with blood?? (I
>tried to open the reply on this group about red poop but i can't open it).
>
>What does this mean?
>and is it okay to feed my fish now?
>
>Twinkles
>
>> long trails of poops is NOT GOOD. sure, try a grain of epsom salts in a pea. but
>> change water, add 1 teaspoon table salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first,
>> add slowly. keeping changing water and see how he does. Ingrid
>>
>> Twinkles > wrote:
>>
>>>Should I try salts or epsom salts?
>>>It looks like he's a bit constipated, looking at his poop. He hasn't
>>>had a long trail of poop for ages.
>>>
>>>And through his belly it looks a bit black or dark.
>>>
>>>I've just been feeding tiny amounts of peas, he's had about two today.
>>>So should I fast him?
>>>
>>>From Twinkles
>>>
>>>And thanks for the advice everybody!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>a fin not working well sounds like heart attack or stroke. try fasting the fish for
>>>>2 days and see if anything improves. water changes of course and add 1 teaspoon salt
>>>>per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first, add slowly. Ingrid
>>>>
>>>>Twinkles > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I noticed that my goldfish is a bit lopsided, like it bends to the left
>>>>>a bit, and one of it's fins doesn't move as much as the other.
>>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone know whats wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>>Also I'm feeding flakes, but should I feed other food if its going a bit
>>>>>lopsided like that?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From Twinkles.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> 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.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.