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Please Don’t keep your goldfish in a bowl!

April 15th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Goldfish keeping provides a lot of fun for many people. It does require more investment and more effort than most people realize, but it can be very rewarding. Many people get started in their fishkeeping hobby with a goldfish in a bowl.

Keeping goldfish in a bowl is not recommended as the small round space is very restrictive for your pet and will cause it stress which can lead to a range of goldfish diseases. If you have a goldfish in a bowl we suggest moving it to an aquarium as soon as possible. See Treating Sick Goldfish for additional information if you think your goldfish is suffering, and discover How To Set Up A Fish Tank at www.GoldfishSite.com
Goldfish bowls are curved, giving no accurate viewing angle. The bowl shape causes the objects inside to look bigger than they really are, and conversely can cause us to look smaller than we really are to the goldfish.

Fish in the wild live in different water conditions than the tap water we have. There are more dissolved salts in their natural habitat and their water is harder. Fishkeeping is also therapeutic; gazing into their silent world actually slows your heart rate, and calms nerves. But it is also a responsibility - a goldfish is for life.

Tropical fish need to have their tank water at a warm 78 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Your goldfish, on the other hand, like a cooler water temperature between 65 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Tropical fish food is too acidic for a goldfish’s digestive system. It is true that goldfish will eat tropical fish food, but they may gain very little nutritional benefit from it.

Feed sparingly once daily. Overfeeding can lead to swimbladder (floating) problems, a condition that goldfish are susceptible to. Read more about goldfish diseases.

Goldfish on Bottom of Tank

January 16th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

A goldfish lying at the bottom of the tank or aquarium can be a cause of concern to its owner and can be a sign of disease in the goldfish.

A goldfish lying at the bottom of the tank is often a sign of swim bladder disease. The swim bladder allows the fish to stabilize its depth in the water.

Swim or air bladder problems sometimes occur in freshwater fish. When the bladder is affected, the fish will experience problems with equilibrium. Diseased or inflamed internal organs, poor water conditions or nutrition, and wounds received from fighting can also affect the equilibrium of a fish. Constipation is a common cause of swimming difficulty.

The fish will have problems swimming correctly. They may appear to be standing on their head, or floating to the surface and struggling to get to the bottom, or possibly even have problems removing themselves from the bottom. At the later stages of the disease, the fish could lose its balance and swim upside down.

There is no specific treatment for swim bladder problems, however, you can try isolating the fish to a quarantine tank where the water is shallow – this will provide some relief for the fish – and add one teaspoon of salt per gallon of water. If you suspect constipation is the cause of the problem follow the treatment for constipation listed in “Goldfish Diseases - Symptoms and Treatments”. After 1–2 weeks try returning the fish to the main tank.

Goldfish staying at the bottom of the tank is just one of the topics covered in our instantly downloadable e-book “Goldfish Diseases - Symptoms and Treatments”. Other topics covered include worms, spots, parasites and more … Plus the treatments and remedies for all goldfish diseases!

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Goldfish diseases - symptoms and treatments

December 16th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

The best way to keep your fish healthy is to follow the basic rules of good aquarium or pond management. Feed your fish correctly, keep their environment clean, avoid rapid temperature changes, ensure there is an adequate oxygen supply and make partial water changes as necessary.

Unfortunately, illness sometimes still occurs and it is important that you identify goldfish diseases as soon as possible. The first sign to be aware of is stress. Just as a stressed human is prone to infection by bio-aggressors, so are fish, and stress is the principle cause of disease in fish.

There are three basic types of diseases in fish: parasitic, bacterial and fungal. These organisms are always present in the aquatic environment and a healthy fish can generally ward them off, however, if a fish is weakened by stress or damage the risk of infection is high.

When fish become ill they show behavioral symptoms such as:

• clamped fins
• bodies shaking
• repeated scratching against objects in the tank
• hiding in corners
• gasping at the surface
• swimming abnormally
• sitting on the bottom
• breathing difficulties

The good news is that most fish diseases can be treated if caught in time.

Our comprehensive guide to goldfish diseases and their treatments is an instantly downloadable e-book that covers all common diseases. There are illustrations to assist you in identifying the disease that your goldfish may be suffering from plus it describes all treatment options available. The guide also covers setting up a hospital tank for sick fish and, if all else fails, there is a section on euthanasing fish because sometimes it can be better to end a fish’s suffering by humane means.

Here is a brief sample of what is covered in the ‘abnormal behavior’ section of the e-book:

• Breathing difficulties – flukes, velvet disease
• Distressed/off-colored – cloudy eye, chilodonella
• Closed fins – ick
• Clamped fins – poor water conditions
• Scratching/Flashing – flukes, pH
• Increased respiration rate – chilodonella
• Gasping at the water’s surface – not enough oxygen in the water, increase aeration, check water for ammonia, pH level, and nitrates
• Appetite loss – tuberculosis, constipation
• Yawning – toxic water, parasites, rock stuck in the mouth
• Loss of balance, unable to rise from bottom of tank – swimbladder problems
• Sitting on the bottom – swimbladder disease, flukes
• Eating bubbles – could be the fish is trying to clear its gills. Could also be caused from air bladder problems. (See swimbladder disease.)
• Spitting – flukes
• Rapid gill movement – flukes
• Restlessness – fish leech (lice)
• Jumping – parasites, low pH, poor water conditions
• Tired fish – Check the water conditions, do routine water change, smell the fish food and check its freshness, check for any other signs or symptoms.
• Swimming awkwardly – costia, swimbladder problems
• Swimming with mouth open – could be a foreign object stuck in the fish’s mouth
• Swimming upside down –swimbladder disease
• Rubbing body along gravel or tank objects – ick, chilodonella, costia, fish leech, skin flukes, velvet disease
• Swimming wildly – check ammonia level
• Standing on head – intestinal worms, kidney damage, toxic water (do immediate water change) female fish may do this when they become exhausted from the male’s breeding attempts
• Standing on tail – exhaustion from spawning, toxic water
• Laying or leaning to the side – where is the fish’s light source coming from? Also toxic water, infections, parasites, lack of oxygen. The fish could be blind and cannot see the light to balance itself.

This is just a sample of the topics covered … also covered are worms, spots, parasites and more… Plus the treatments and remedies for all goldfish diseases!

Grab your copy of “Goldfish Diseases - Symptoms and Treatments” here for only $7.97.

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