hi, im new to the club. im currently keeping 2 goldfish in a 25 litre bowl. one of the goldfish, half his gill is gone. im not sure if its rot or he just got in a fight? i have isolated him. what should i do? can i give him anything? i tried an anti-bacterial stuff but it doesnt seem to have done much good. please help
Hi Shelly,
Welcome to fish crazy
Do you have any picures of the fish in question?
200L Amazon Tank - 2 x Bristlenose Plec, 5 x Neon Tetra, 3 x White Tip Rosy Tetra, 2 x Golden Pristella Tetra, 1x Glowlight Tetra, 2 x Male Guppies, 4 x Amano Shrimp, 2 x Atya Shrimps, 2 x Rainbow Fish, 6 x Harlequin Rasbora, 5 x Black Harlequin Rasbora and 1 x Peppered Cory.
Try adding some salt (aquarium salt) and do daily water changes about 20% a day with dechlorinated water left to adjust to the temp of the bowl. di
Always remember that you are unique; just like everyone else.
Does the bowl have any filtration? It's also really too small for goldfish, as they ideally need 8 gallons (36L) of water each..
Hi Shellybelly, welcome to FC
Salts may help but in all honesty, ALL fish should be kept i a filtered system. Goldfish bowls should be 100% banned from lfs's(local fish shops) and stuffed with an outdoor/indoor plant!!
You can get air driven undegravel fillters for bowls but most of the bowls are really much too small as Nic said.
If you can accomodate and afford it, you'd be best getting a proper fishtank with filtration Shelly
As Nic has said 8gallons per goldfish . They are incredibly messy fish as no doubt you have observed. So in effect they are literally living in a toilet that never gets flushed in a bowl with no filtration. Sorry about that, but that's about the sum of it