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My Fancy Goldfish

I have three fancy goldfish (two orange and one brown and orange). One of the orange ones keeps sitting on the bottom of the tanks and I keep thinking it is dead but when I touch the tank it starts to move around again. Also I as been floating on its side and also upside down. When it feeds it eats and then spits it back out. Do you think it is dying or is this normal. The other two are fine.

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Answer #1

I did do a three quarter tank change on Friday and I only use the food that sinks to the bottom.

I have put it in a seperate bowl from the other fish and as soon as I turn it the right way up it moves about for a couple of minutes then rolls back upside down and does not move.

This does not seem good?

Answer #2

Uhm… That doesn’t sound normal. Try seperating it from the other fish for a few days and see if it gets better. You could also: Clean the tank more. Or try new fish food.

Answer #3

Well, my grandads fish from his pond did that, apparently it was something to do with his gills but I just put it in a seperate bowl and fed it fish food for little fish and he was soon better. My cousins fish started to have the same thing, they just left it and he still does it now! I feel very sorry for him though x

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