please help - i have a poorly fish...

Originally Posted by rokki

Thanks for replying, i separated my sick fish from the others last nite, just woke up and he's still hanging in there and eaten a little food. will try your suggestions and let you know...

also, what do you think of the size of my tank? someone told me that it was too small for 6 fantails and that might be why one of them was sick

thought i'd best let you know that my poorly fish has passed on to the big pond in the sky we took him to the aquatic centre we got him from in a jam jar and a sample of the water from our tank - they checked our tank water and it's all fine, he checked over my dead fish and said he couldnt see enything obviously wrong except he was thin, and because he was already dead he couldnt take a scrape to see what the problem was. So still dont know if/what i did wrong but we wont replace him (i'm a bit worried we may have overstocked - 6 fantails in a 110 litre tank??) and i'll have to keep a close eye on the others.

Thanks for your help anyway, much appreciated...

rokki wrote:
So still dont know if/what i did wrong but we wont
replace him (i'm a bit worried we may have overstocked - 6 fantails in
a 110 litre tank??) and i'll have to keep a close eye on the others.

Sorry to hear the little guy didn't make it. It's hard to say whether or
not he died ultimately from being in an overstocked tank, but it would
seem something caused an internal bacterial infection that kept him from
eating properly. 110 liters translates to 29.06 gallons, and the rule is
to have a ratio of 10 gallons per goldfish. Therefore, you should have
no more than 2 or maybe 3 fish in that tank at most. Otherwise their
immune systems can get stressed and become vulnerable to disease, or
suffer from stunted growth. Actually, lots of people break this rule and
their fish often live for years with no apparent ill effects, but
they're pushing their luck and the fish still probably dont live quite
as long as they could. If I were you, I would add an extra pump with an
air stone in the meantime, but go out and buy a larger tank (or an extra
tank) as soon as possible.

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I agree a bigger or extra tank would be good. Actually a extra tank would limit
disease
from fish to fish, but might be a bit more maintenance.