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Posted by buzzsaw on April 26, 2005, 9:40 pm
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Is this true?
My fish has been upside down for months. I tried the peas and other
suggestions that people have but he has not seemed to get any better?
Dispose of him?
> Macros,
>
> As you have found, swim bladder problems are always going to be there no
> matter what you do. A lot of research as been on the subject and the
> results that usually come of the search is that once it starts to float it
> will continue. The damage can never be reversed so the fish will continue
> to live in an up right position. Anyone, and I mean, any one that tells
you
> any different does not know what they are talking about.
>
> I have found it is best to just give up and dispose of the fish. How you
do
> that is up to you, but for your own mental health it is just better to get
> rid of the fish.
>
> This position sounds hard, but it is just the best possible way of
handling
> it, unless you just want to play with the situation for the rest of fish's
> life.
>
> Tom L.L.
> ------------------------------------------------
> > HI everyone
> > in the years of keeping fish including goldfish, i have experienced
> > this problem over n over again in goldfish that is. whenever they have
> > swimbladder difficulties, u know i do the usual:feed peas,starve it
> > for 3 days,strict pea diet,keep in shallow water,salt bath,etc.. But
> > whenever i put a swibladder sufferer or ex-sufferer back into the
> > tank, it still goes up to the surface and go sideways or
> > upsidedown!eventho i havent fed it anything yet!they go sideways after
> > the feeding time and i even havent given them food. ("them":referring
> > to the various goldies i have kept since i was nine or ten yrs old).so
> > whats the problem? only one isnt like that at all n thats my red
> > oranda who has never had problems. its always the egg-shaped ones.
>
>
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> in the years of keeping fish including goldfish, i have experienced
> this problem over n over again in goldfish that is. whenever they have
> swimbladder difficulties, u know i do the usual:feed peas,starve it
> for 3 days,strict pea diet,keep in shallow water,salt bath,etc.. But
> whenever i put a swibladder sufferer or ex-sufferer back into the
> tank, it still goes up to the surface and go sideways or
> upsidedown!eventho i havent fed it anything yet!they go sideways after
> the feeding time and i even havent given them food. ("them":referring
> to the various goldies i have kept since i was nine or ten yrs old).so
> whats the problem? only one isnt like that at all n thats my red
> oranda who has never had problems. its always the egg-shaped ones.