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do any of you know anything about fish? My goldfish isnt swimming around alot, he mostly just kinda lays on the bottom. sometimes it looks like hes gasping for air or something. but when he swims, he swims upside down or on his side and when he's laying on the bottom of the tank he lays upside down. Please don't laugh because i'm asking about my goldfish! I have 6 of them, but he's my favorite and the only one I really worry about him living or not.

Submitted: 16 days and 21 hours ago.

Category: Pet

Value: $15

Status: CLOSED

Type of Animal: goldfish
Gender: unknown
Age: maybe 4 months

Already Tried:
putting it in a seperate tank from the other fish without a filter because it was getting stuck to the filter and one of the fish was biting him

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Hi XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I'm Dr. Kris.

It sounds like your fish has swimbladder problems. The swim bladder enables buoyancy in fish and there are several factors that contribute to this disease. I'm going to give you a few links and you can read about this problem. To treat it you can try the peas or fasting your fish (as mentioned in the links) and making sure the water has the right pH, oxygen levels etc. If none of these works or it gets more depressed and less active, get him to a vet who knows about fish and they can deflate the swim bladder for you. If an infection is what is causing the problems the vet will also be able to recommend treatment. I hope these help.

http://www.netpets.com/fish/reference/freshref/swimbldr.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2099626_treat-swim-bladder-disease-goldfish.html

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Expert:	Dr. Kris
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Answered:	11/5/2009

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Type of Animal: goldfish
Gender: unknown
Age: maybe 4 months

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putting it in a seperate tank from the other fish without a filter because it was getting stuck to the filter and one of the fish was biting him

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Type of Animal: goldfish
Gender: unknown
Age: maybe 4 months

Already Tried:
putting it in a seperate tank from the other fish without a filter because it was getting stuck to the filter and one of the fish was biting him