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Sea_mo Small Fry Posts: 13 Kudos: 13 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Nov-2004	i have a goldfish that just sits at the bottom of the tank all day. it gets up to eat, and nown again swims around but it never used to do that. when we got it, it was fine but then we put mollies in the tank as well (bad move). the mollies seemed to be swimming into it hard so we got rid of the mollies. since then it just sits there. do u think my fish is sick or is just in shock? will it come right? Advice would be greatly appreciated
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
john.stone Banned Posts: 1600 Kudos: 2332 Votes: 18 Registered: 03-Apr-2003	Tank Size? Ammonia? Nitrite? Nitrate? pH? Temp? [/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Sea_mo Small Fry Posts: 13 Kudos: 13 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Nov-2004	well we still begginers at keeping fish so we dont have a kit to test the water for ammonia, nitrate ect. that probally the problem? the tank takes 30litres of water and the temp ranges from 20-24.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Sea_mo Small Fry Posts: 13 Kudos: 13 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Nov-2004	20-24 degrees celcius
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
john.stone Banned Posts: 1600 Kudos: 2332 Votes: 18 Registered: 03-Apr-2003	Yes... Your aquarium is very overstocked and the ammonia is building up and is poisoning your fish. Take all of the fish back and get a school of small tetra... 6 or so. Goldfish need 250+liter aquariums, as they get to be well over 30cm in length.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Sea_mo Small Fry Posts: 13 Kudos: 13 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Nov-2004	but my goldfish are very small. they are about 5cm long and i only have two.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Sea_mo, current size doesn't matter....a 2 year old child isnt' the same size as an adult but that's no reason to plan on keeping them in a closet their whole lives. The fact that they are being poisoned by their own waste is proof that they're not healthy. John.Stone mentioned the solution. If you can't provide the appropriate living conditions, the best thing is to return them to the shop. ^_^ [link=H2g2]http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/upgrade.html" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link] 2005 Don't Leave Home Without it[/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	goldfish need AT LEAST 30 gallons of water to themselvs. You would need at the minimum a 60 gallon tank, just for the 2 goldfish. That is about 227L for the fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
trystianity Mega Fish Posts: 1028 Kudos: 926 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	If kept in that small tank, your goldfish will soon die. Unless you want dead fish you need to either move them to a HUGE tank of your own or return them to your local fish store. (Just in case there was any confusion)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36


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