Goldfish

[Ulyana Stewart]

Hello, one my Goldfish out of nowhere just stopped swimming and just resting at the bottom. I noticed that she can't used her back fins and her beautiful long tail looking very thin and floppy. She has been like this for a week now, not finding, and it's look bloated.
Can someone please have any ideas to what's wrong?

 

[Gemma]

Sorry your beautiful fish isn't feeling good .
I'm no expert in fish disease, but she looks a little bloated, could be internal parasites maybe?
Lets hope someone on here can help you.

 

[Mmathis]

Hello and welcome.

I was thinking she looks a little bloated, as well. Has there been recent spawning activity? That can really take a toll on a female fish.

It would be helpful if you could give us some information:

• How big is your pond?
• how many fish do you have?
• when did you last add any new fish?
• what kind of filtration do you have?
• what are your water parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH, and KH)?
• what is your water temperature?
• are any other fish acting off?
• is there any chance chemicals (like lawn run-off) could have gotten into the water?

 

[j.w]

@Ulyana Stewart
Could be she is egg bound? Not sure what to do for it and hope it gets better. It's a very pretty fish.

 

[Ulyana Stewart]

They wr

Hello and welcome.

I was thinking she looks a little bloated, as well. Has there been recent spawning activity? That can really take a toll on a female fish.

It would be helpful if you could give us some information:

• How big is your pond?
• how many fish do you have?
• when did you last add any new fish?
• what kind of filtration do you have?
• what are your water parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH, and KH)?
• what is your water temperature?
• are any other fish acting off?
• is there any chance chemicals (like lawn run-off) could have gotten into the water?

Hello and welcome.

I was thinking she looks a little bloated, as well. Has there been recent spawning activity? That can really take a toll on a female fish.

It would be helpful if you could give us some information:

• How big is your pond?
• how many fish do you have?
• when did you last add any new fish?
• what kind of filtration do you have?
• what are your water parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH, and KH)?
• what is your water temperature?
• are any other fish acting off?
• is there any chance chemicals (like lawn run-off) could have gotten into the water?

They were spawning like crazy recently, chasing each others, stopped now.
It's outdoor garden pond about 250L, with 5 in 1 filter; 4 . And only this one like this. No chemicals anywhere!

 

[j.w]

Maybe just let the fish rest and see how it does. Not much else you can do w/o knowing the situation for sure.

 

[Mmathis]

Maybe just let the fish rest and see how it does. Not much else you can do w/o knowing the situation for sure.

Agree, if she is exhausted from spawning, rest will help.