Black Moor With Swim Bladder Problems?

My black moor (now gold) has what I think is swim bladder disease. He uncontrollably floats to the top of the tank and uses all his energy to swim down. I’ve tried feeding him skinned peas (usually that works within a few hours for him) but now it’s not. I put a magnet glass cleaner in the corner where he’s been staying for the past few days so that it’ll help keep him from floating up. He can still move if he wants to but he stays there motionless. He still eats. I have been fasting him for 24 hours so far.
I have the black moor and two other fancy goldfish in a 100 gallon tank. I would really appreciate any advise to help this problem. I hate seeing him so miserable. Please help

 

Are his gill flaps normally open so much? That, to me, looks like something else is going on.

 

Your black moor looks to be anemic, judging by the pale gills. Something serious is going on, more than just swim bladder.

Goldfish, especially sick goldfish, require really clean water. It helps them heal faster. Best thing you can do for your black moor is to quarantine him/her in a smaller tank so you can do large water changes every 48 hours to keep the water pristine. By large I mean 80 to 90%. Leave enough room for the fish to swim and remove the rest. Goldfish are one of the most hardy fish, as long as you keep temperature and ph the same, your fish will be fine. Then, if I were you, I would feed him/her a soft gel food like repashy soilent green. It’s super nutritious and easily digestible for sick goldfish.

Then all you can really do is keep an eye on your fish and hope clean water and nutritious food will pull him/her through. Whatever is going on doesn’t look to be parasitic, I mean I can’t say 100%, but from your pictures I don’t see anything. It looks like something internal is going on. Either way, I wouldn’t jump on giving any medications, I would just start with clean water and good food and go from there.

Sorry about your fish. I hope your black moor gets to feeling better soon.

 

Are his gill flaps normally open so much? That, to me, looks like something else is going on.

His gills have been that way for s few years. It’s just on one side. I did a ton of research on that and found nothing.

Your black moor looks to be anemic, judging by the pale gills. Something serious is going on, more than just swim bladder.

Goldfish, especially sick goldfish, require really clean water. It helps them heal faster. Best thing you can do for your black moor is to quarantine him/her in a smaller tank so you can do large water changes every 48 hours to keep the water pristine. By large I mean 80 to 90%. Leave enough room for the fish to swim and remove the rest. Goldfish are one of the most hardy fish, as long as you keep temperature and ph the same, your fish will be fine. Then, if I were you, I would feed him/her a soft gel food like repashy soilent green. It’s super nutritious and easily digestible for sick goldfish.

Then all you can really do is keep an eye on your fish and hope clean water and nutritious food will pull him/her through. Whatever is going on doesn’t look to be parasitic, I mean I can’t say 100%, but from your pictures I don’t see anything. It looks like something internal is going on. Either way, I wouldn’t jump on giving any medications, I would just start with clean water and good food and go from there.

Sorry about your fish. I hope your black moor gets to feeling better soon.

Thank you for the reply. I quarantined him last night. I’ll do as you said with the water changes. Do you think I should add aquarium salt?

His gills have been that way for s few years. It’s just on one side. I did a ton of research on that and found nothing.

I know ammonia can cause gill problems but the water has been tested and has been good.

 

No salt just clean water

 

Thank you. And I’m going to over night the fish food you recommend from amazon if I can’t find it at Pet Smart

 

Your black moor looks to be anemic, judging by the pale gills. Something serious is going on, more than just swim bladder.

Goldfish, especially sick goldfish, require really clean water. It helps them heal faster. Best thing you can do for your black moor is to quarantine him/her in a smaller tank so you can do large water changes every 48 hours to keep the water pristine. By large I mean 80 to 90%. Leave enough room for the fish to swim and remove the rest. Goldfish are one of the most hardy fish, as long as you keep temperature and ph the same, your fish will be fine. Then, if I were you, I would feed him/her a soft gel food like repashy soilent green. It’s super nutritious and easily digestible for sick goldfish.

Then all you can really do is keep an eye on your fish and hope clean water and nutritious food will pull him/her through. Whatever is going on doesn’t look to be parasitic, I mean I can’t say 100%, but from your pictures I don’t see anything. It looks like something internal is going on. Either way, I wouldn’t jump on giving any medications, I would just start with clean water and good food and go from there.

Sorry about your fish. I hope your black moor gets to feeling better soon.

HI again. My black Moore seems to be improving a tiny bit everyday. He’s been on the repashy food for 3 days now and loves it. I see him swimming around almost normal for a little bit then gets tired and sits at the bottom again. I hope he pulls through all the way.

 

Yay! I’m so happy to hear that. Another thing I thought of that may help as well is to give the fish steamed broccolI attached to vegetable clips. You can use frozen and just microwave it, but broccolI has a ton of fiber and goldfish love it. I’ve found broccolI to be better than deshelled peas for goldfish with swim bladder problems.

 

Great! I’ll try that tonight

 

Black moor is back at the bottom of the tank again. I made him a little harness so he can swim around. It’s actually working.

Yay! I’m so happy to hear that. Another thing I thought of that may help as well is to give the fish steamed broccolI attached to vegetable clips. You can use frozen and just microwave it, but broccolI has a ton of fiber and goldfish love it. I’ve found broccolI to be better than deshelled peas for goldfish with swim bladder problems.