486. Aquarium fish eating. IF a fish isn't eating, it might die

[bigdodenigga]

my big angels been eating evryday since i got him like 6 months ago and he just died, fuckin lame

[lanegjones]

your tanks look good but your ponds are killing them!!You should do ponds for people.

[lucasFishTanks]

dustin man keep me posted on the fish man :( hope you can get it back to his old self :) he a cool fish man.... so plz fix him

[Maggot00679]

i had a molly with a dropsy, which can be caused by many things including; fish TB, kidney failure, tumors, and bad water quality. In my case it was water quality, i did a 50% water change and within two days and he was back to normal.

[farlay]

dropsy has somthing to do with kidney failure and the fishs body retaining to much water. try isolating the fish and using aquarium salt and anti-biotics.

[7eitgeist]

Sick ponds bro!

[MyFishCare101]

Your goldfish is beautiful, I hope he gets better soon! How many goldfish would you recommend for a 150 gallon pond? Comets an short goldfish like black moors would be nice :D

[10kpondguy]

rookies? lol, the fish eating has nothing to do with the quality of the fish or its ability to be healed. ive seen expensive fish eat fine, and be dead in a day. your goldfish would do well with a salt dip, and some warm tank time(70-72 deg) with some salt in it, feeding medicated food, looks like poor water conditions caused his problems. if he starts looking like a pinecone, get it out of the pond, and kill it. no point in trashing the water quality over a cheap goldfish.

[Bazil1869]

You have two ponds? whaaat.

[psilopsych]

I agree with the saltwater bath it has save golds fo me in the past.

[dudev]

Dropsy isn't a disease, it's a symptom of kidney failure, an accumulation of fluid in the body tissues, which can be caused by many different diseases or environmental conditions. A salt bath and/or a general anti-biotic and plenty of water changes in an isolation tank is a standard treatment.

[hellraisersfish]

what kind of fish is it its really cool looking

[paducahFishFan]

Interesting fact on Goldfish. They DO NOT have a stomach. Feed them a little and feed them often. Could be the guy is loaded up on algae.

[eurasianchica]

Poor fish... I don't have much advise but there is a good goldfish forum called koko's goldfish that can help... they helped my fish too.

[Pbuddhafull]

penicillin ... yeps... a little drastic but cures anything.

[dudev]

@Pbuddhafull

Except viruses.

[twisto]

best way i found to help with dropsy is with some epsom salt and putting some fungal medicine into the water. Helped saved my fish and my friend's doing this

[pokemon2727]

does that pong have a filter

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[razorzrcool]

sorry dustin but that fish has dropsy if you want to keep it alive you will need antibiotic food or injections, the injections work a lot better but may be expensive. But personally i have never saved a goldfish with dropsy.

[Dustinsfishtanks]

@razorzrcool i had a phat goldfish with dropsy. its a lack of potassium. im gonna try feeding peas which are high in it, this and some treating is all i am gonna do. no injection

[AndyBodyHome]

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[Dustinsfishtanks]

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[thedaniel4999]

I think that fish does have dropsie

[largepandabutt]

:D

[FishAndTanksAndBikes]

2nd!! :D

[thedaniel4999]

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