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Help needed quick please!

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EvesMama · 26/04/2006 08:24

bought dd two gold fish(different breeds but same idea)saturday, had tank for 8 days before to get water ready for them etc...first fish lasted 2 days,s tarted sitting at bottom of tank and only moving occasionally then it was frantic flapping of fins..next morning found her floating at topSad
took her to pet shop with sample of tank water and they said amonia too high, buy a plant, dont feed other fish for 24 hours and theyll replace the fish at weekend to ensure water is ok by then.
get home put plant in other fish swimming about madly as normal..last night sat in corner at bottom of tank..similar to other one....still there..but what can i do????dont want both to 'float'Sad..dd is v.upset

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EvesMama · 26/04/2006 08:49

please..

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babyonboard · 26/04/2006 08:50

my little sister names her goldfish after simpsons characters and so many have died she's running out of names!
they found that getting an oxygenator thatblows bubbles into the tank has really helped and the last ones have been going strong for over a year.

they seem like easy pets but i had many die when i was little too...

panicpants · 26/04/2006 08:51

Do you have a filter?

if not it might be an idea to invest in one.

I'd buy lots ol plants not just one. You can also buy drops to put into tanks that remove nitrate and ammonia from tap water when setting up new tanks.

Hope this helps.

panicpants · 26/04/2006 08:53

btw i've found that it's easier to keep tropical fish than goldfish!

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EvesMama · 26/04/2006 08:55

yes ahve got filter and bought drops to put in that speed up the process of bacteria that they need..darent go and look now..it was just literally sat on bottom on tankSad

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EvesMama · 26/04/2006 08:58

its still there, floating above gravel now, but still not moving a lot..does come to side of tank when you go close, but it was so lively up to yesterday..wonder if its missing the other one?

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panicpants · 26/04/2006 09:00

You may have added the fish too soon then.

Oh dear.

If it dies it might be best to start over, buy some different water conditioner as well as the one you've got to add bacterier, and leave the new water WITH lots of plants a couple of weeks before adding any fish.

I'm sorry but it looks like the second fish is going the same way as the first.

panicpants · 26/04/2006 09:02

How much food are you giving. 2 fish would only need the tiniest of pinches once a day. Too much food will poison the water.

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EvesMama · 26/04/2006 09:03

Sad..we already dissapointed dd by having the tank but no fish in for 8 day(a day longer than their reccomended time)..dp didnt want them in first place..i can almost here 'i told you so' alreadySad

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EvesMama · 26/04/2006 13:29

well fish still with us!pheww
rang pet store..i should have been told to do aprtial water change to remove levels of amonia and add water conditioner..as soon as i did it..fishy was bopping about all over!..gone a little quiet again now, but am keeping fingers crossed she just having a rest!

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babyonboard · 26/04/2006 14:35

It will sound awful..but when my little sisters first fishies started to die my mum would remove the dead one, put a sheet over the tank and tell her they were sleeping and couldn't be disturbed..while my dad made a frantic trip to the petshop for a new one..
some goldfish are just 'sicky' and can't handle being relocated so will die no matter what you do. Sad
fingers crossed this one makes it though!

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EvesMama · 26/04/2006 19:08

well she was lively this afty, but very inactive agin now??what are fish meant to do??!! i havent a clue?..is she sleeping?

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kid · 26/04/2006 19:26

Do you have a light on the tank? We have 2 fish and as soon as I switch the light on, they swim around frantically.
Sounds like you are doing everything you can, fingers crossed that the little fishy survives!

HappyMumof2 · 26/04/2006 19:32

kid, have an idea about S. I will email you Smile

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EvesMama · 26/04/2006 19:34

no we didnt get light, we were going to get one this weekend, but if im this unlucky with fish!!...

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Rainbow · 26/04/2006 19:38

I think some fish are stronger than others. I bought 4 goldfish 1+ years ago. 2 died within the first few weks and the other two are still going! Good luck with surviving fish!:)

Rainbow · 26/04/2006 19:38

I think some fish are stronger than others. I bought 4 goldfish 1+ years ago. 2 died within the first few weks and the other two are still going! Good luck with surviving fish!:)

kid · 26/04/2006 19:38

Okay HMo2, I wondered who S was then but I think I know! WinkWink

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EvesMama · 26/04/2006 19:57

am keeping fingers crossed, then we can go 'get Lolly back from animal centre'!!..on saturdaySmile..bless

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EvesMama · 27/04/2006 19:33

shes still swimmingGrin
fed her this morna dn she wouldnt touch it but enjoyed chomping on my finger tipSmile..rang pet shop adn they said take the food back out and leave for another 24 hours as the amonia may still be troubling her and she wont be all that hungry..this girl also said to wait until 'next' weekend for replacement fish as it may be that there is still high levels in tank that our fish is now getting over??..just glad shes still with usSmile

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kid · 29/04/2006 18:35

Hope little fishy is still ok, its worth waiting until the petshop next weekend if thats what the petshop advise.
I got our 2nd fish from a different petshop as at the 1st petshop, there were a couple of dead fish in some of the tanks.

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EvesMama · 30/04/2006 19:20

Shock!..yeah well be going next weekend instead as poppy as we call her/him/it?..is doing swimminglyWinkGrin

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EvesMama · 01/05/2006 20:02

OH FECK..existing fish(black moor? i think it is)..now has white spot!!!!!
more rushing to pet centre with water sample and buying more chemicals to bung inSad

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PanicPants · 01/05/2006 20:04

A few drops will sort him out. Poor thing, he's bben through the mill hasn't he?

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EvesMama · 01/05/2006 20:06

i know!
put 2ml in warm water with drop of safe water(poor thing will be drugged up!), so water now blue?!..am gunna ahve to do 20% water change in morn again, so will have to ring centre to see what to do about white spot chemical? and do i have to put in more?..gunna buy her some lovely swim under toys and a light soon as she better

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