italianxmna89
06-23-2009, 05:48 PM
i have had my goldfish for roughly two months now. actually one of them is gold and the other is white. when i bought them they were already together in the same tank so i figured hey they know each other theyll keep each other good company:ssmile:
i have a 20 gallon tank with a 35gallon elite hush 35 filter. (my buddy told me its best to get a filter for a tank larger than you own. now i do a 25% water change every week/week and a half since its such a huge tank and theyre still tiny (the white one is about 1 inch and the gold is about 1.75inches)
additives i add to the water are aqua plus tap water conditioner to remove chlorine. i add a couple of drops to each gallon i use to refill when doing a 25% change. i also use a couple of drops of algae destroyer advanced. maybe 3 drops every 2 weeks. i had a severe problem with brown algae and its been working great.
now the problem...
for the past 3-4 weeks my little white goldfish has been floating...mostly with its back straight up but sometimes slightly on its side. thats where he hangs when hes resting...he can swim to the bottom when he needs to but its a bit of a struggle for him. now my other goldfish ..the bigger gold one.. just started to hang around the top too but i dont catch him floating on its side. he seems to not have as much trouble swimming down to the bottom of the tank when necessary..
the bigger gold goldfish is also starting to get a white tinge to its color. the tips of its tail are white and in certain lights you can see a whitish film over parts of its body...
food wise ive been giving them nutrafin max flakes since i got them but since they started floating i fasted them for a few days then tried peas. peas seemed to work fine for a bit but theyre still floating. i was thinking of adding some salt to their tank but all i have is iodized table salt. instead of buying kosher salt i heard im better off finding medicated salts? i dont know how accurate that sounds..
any help is appreciated. thanks
i have a 20 gallon tank with a 35gallon elite hush 35 filter. (my buddy told me its best to get a filter for a tank larger than you own. now i do a 25% water change every week/week and a half since its such a huge tank and theyre still tiny (the white one is about 1 inch and the gold is about 1.75inches)
additives i add to the water are aqua plus tap water conditioner to remove chlorine. i add a couple of drops to each gallon i use to refill when doing a 25% change. i also use a couple of drops of algae destroyer advanced. maybe 3 drops every 2 weeks. i had a severe problem with brown algae and its been working great.
now the problem...
for the past 3-4 weeks my little white goldfish has been floating...mostly with its back straight up but sometimes slightly on its side. thats where he hangs when hes resting...he can swim to the bottom when he needs to but its a bit of a struggle for him. now my other goldfish ..the bigger gold one.. just started to hang around the top too but i dont catch him floating on its side. he seems to not have as much trouble swimming down to the bottom of the tank when necessary..
the bigger gold goldfish is also starting to get a white tinge to its color. the tips of its tail are white and in certain lights you can see a whitish film over parts of its body...
food wise ive been giving them nutrafin max flakes since i got them but since they started floating i fasted them for a few days then tried peas. peas seemed to work fine for a bit but theyre still floating. i was thinking of adding some salt to their tank but all i have is iodized table salt. instead of buying kosher salt i heard im better off finding medicated salts? i dont know how accurate that sounds..
any help is appreciated. thanks