kasman Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I have posted before about this shubunkin I have, which has a dodgy swim bladder when it eats. Lately iv noticed after a feed it will be constantly swimming down to counter-act floating to the top. And when it gets tired it will just sit at the top taking some time out. Its been doing this alot lately. Next morning its digested its food and all is good. My concern is its maybe a bit cruel to let it go on like this, it doesnt look too happy when it is constantly fighting the floating. And I have it in a tank with other goldies, so Im not feeding the others as much as I should. Im think it might need to be put out of its misery soon. what do you think?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusgc Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 IMO leave it be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tech Den Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) Well if you can not fix it, it comes down to you belief A quick Google offered this... How to Fix Swimbladder Disease in Goldfish - wikiHow http://www.ehow.com/video_4978482_treat-swim-bladder-disease-goldfish.html Edited October 11, 2011 by The Tech Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasman Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Yeh thanks Tech, Tried the peas (and a few other things) when it first started earlier in the year but it seems its a bit more serious for this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tech Den Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 http://www.ehow.com/video_4978482_treat-swim-bladder-disease-goldfish.html Good luck with him anyway - he seems a little fighter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) as spock would say 'the needs of many out weigh those then of the needs of one' Edited October 11, 2011 by col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bidkev Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Google "puncturing swim bladder". it's a long time since I've done it on anything other than fish caught in deep water, but it may help. kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasman Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 hmm, not sure I want to do any surgery hey, I was never good at that "operation" game. Think of Dr Nic from the simpsons lol! I might just let him go a bit longer. Seems like no-one thinks its worth giving him a knock on the head just yet. So he'll live another day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
