Dagboek

I noticed a few minutes ago that my bigger goldish ( we have 3 in the bowl) starts to float on top of the water. It’s trying to swim normally but his attempts are in vain because he would just slowly go back floating on top. I’m so sad to see it like this….he’s my favorite among the 3

I googled to find out about this. If you have a fish with the same problem you might want to check this out:

Name of disease: Swim Bladder Disorder.

Other names:SBD, Floating Disorder

Type of disease:Physical Deformity / Bacterial / Feeding Problems

Occurrence:Common, especially in fancy goldfish, but can affect all freshwater fish.

Symptoms include:Fish cannot keep a normal upright position in water; it may list to one side, float upside down, swim pointing head-downwards or upwards, be unable to rise from bottom, be unable to swim down to bottom. Fish may become listless and stop eating, but many carry on eating as usual.

Caused by:

1. The swim bladder is an air-filled organ which the fish uses to balance itself and swim up and down by regulating the pressure inside. If the airbladder becomes compressed, deformed or diseased the fish cannot regulate it and therefore ‘loses its balance’. Fancy goldfish frequently suffer with SB problems due to their compressed body shapes; the cause may therefore be internal physical deformity. Other causes are constipation – which compresses the SB – gulping air whilst feeding at the surface or eating food with too much air inside, such as dry floating foods, Fatty Liver Disease or kidney cysts. Bacterial or internal parasitcial infections can also be involved, and egg impaction in female fish is an occasional cause.

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well I’m going to do give this solution a chance…I will remove the goldfish from this bowl and place it in a smaller hospital bowl…wish me and my fish luck!