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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / April 2004Sick GF won't eat
Our son has a Gf named Tuna. He is about 7 inches long and weighs about 2-4 lbs. We have had him about three years. He is just a .25 GF from Wal-mart that has out lived 6 other GF. He is in a 20 gallon tank by him/her self with two filters and a air stone. We noticed him not doing well Sunday evening. By Monday morning he was not moving and just sitting on the bottom. We bought some Melafix and added it to the water for two days and by Tuesday night he was just floating round and not able to control movement. I gave him a salt dip and we changed his water completely and cleaned his filters. This brought him back somewhat. His tail fin has molted like, and had red streaks in it. So we added some aquarium salt and got some Triple Sulfa and have treated him two days. We did a 10% water change before doing the Triple Sulfa. This morning almost all of the red streaks are gone and his tail fin looks almost normal. He is doing some swimming but he will not come to the top and has not eaten since Sunday. We have tried some flakes and he just does not try and eat even if he sees it falling. Not sure what to do at this point. Please help, we have gotten so attached to this fish. He would dance at the top of the water when you came into the room wanting to eat. Now he barely notices us when we come in. just keep changing the water. red streaks are almost always toxic water, not bacterial. fresh water and add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first, add slowly. forget the flake food. try a bit of chopped shrimp. GF can easily go for a couple weeks without eating, so dont worry. fresh water every day for a while and he will want to eat. Ingrid >Our son has a Gf named Tuna. He is about 7 inches long and weighs >about 2-4 lbs. We have had him about three years. He is just a .25 [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >we come in. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. What about blood worms? >just keep changing the water. red streaks are almost always toxic water, not >bacterial. fresh water and add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the >endorsements or recommendations I make. I wouldnt feed non-human grade food. it may have pathogens. Ingrid >What about blood worms? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>easily go for a couple weeks without eating, so dont worry. fresh water every day >>for a while and he will want to eat. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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