Nursery pond ill pond gold fish

[Suea23]

Hi I have a pond goldfish that I believe has swim bladder, I have transferred him and his friend to a 50L nursery tank with Weed, I put aquarium salt on saturday and yesterday put swim bladder medication in, he doesn't seem any better, I under stand the water temp should be around 80 Deg F. At the moment it is only around 50 Deg f how do i increase the temp while the fish are in the tank?

 

[Jcbo]

Gradually over several hours

 

[Stephen Noble]

Welcome Suea23! Are you sure it is swim bladder infection? Does the fish have buoyancy problems? If you have the tank indoors, place a small aquarium heater in the water and slowly raise the water temperature. You mentioned his friend. Is the other fish ill too? If not, I would not treat that fish. 13-gallons (50L) is a very small tank for even one goldfish. An airstone to circulate the water will help too. Please keep us posted and ask any questions you have.

 

[j.w]

@Suea23

 

[Suea23]

Hi Everyone thank you for your help but unfortunately my goldfish died, he had a happy life though, he lived in the garden pond for 16 years and was around 9 to.10 inches long, i will miss seeing him. We had to get a new one the same day for his friend and they are now swimming around together.

 

[j.w]

Sorry for your loss and hope the new one enjoys your pond w/his friend for many years to come. Wonder what the average life span of a pond goldfish is? Some of mine are over 15 yrs old now.