Thanks Ingrid. It must have been something we put in the tank but I
don't think it was a disease. The fish were fine and then 2 hours
later they were ALL acting weird. Seems more like some kind of
poisoning.

My friend took everything new out of the tank except the plants (since
they'd been in there for several days) and made several water changes.
The goldies are feeling much better today.

Interesting what you said about the pleco. The fish store people said
no to Siamese algae eaters but that a pleco is ok with goldfish. Do
plecos suck on goldfish too? I am starting a planted (hopefully)
goldfish tank and was hoping to have some kind of algae eating fish.

Judy

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all the new stuff was introduced without quarantine. and neither snails nor plecos
are recommended to be in a tank with GF. it could be a disease broke out from the
plants he put in or from the stuff you put into the tank. maybe there was fertilizer
in the plants. Ingrid