Help with goldfish EMERGENCY

[fishboy15]

My goldfish is laying flat on the gravel breathing really heavy and not moving!!!! I recently moved my fish to new house but had good bacteria in filters, I tested water and everything looks fine. I added prime right before so that might have thrown it off to a perfect reading not sure!! I changed over 50% of the water, adding prime, adding slime cost, adding Aqua safe. I put him in a breeder net so he doesn't float to the filter intake!! He was close!! I added a air stone, is he going to make it? he is breathing in 2. Like a quick breath breath, breath breath, breath breath. My other goldfish started perking up after I did all this. Tank is 40 gallons. 4 goldfish. They are not not not at all. Help!!!

 

[Robertchrisroph]

I really can't see but does the guy have white spots? sorry no help yet. And 50 percent or more with all additives sounds like would be a good shock. Hope he gets well

 

[fishboy15]

I think it was ammonia poisoning!!! Check again and it was .5 (((( will he recover? What do I do?

 

[saltyphish]

Maybe aerate the water more. Might make more oxygen available for him making it easier to breath. I would guess the move may have stirred something up and messed with your water parameters.

 

[Robertchrisroph]

Aerate is a plus plus plus good luck

 

[Russ265]

goldfish wont die to .5ppm ammonia.

aerate is a good idea, but if the other goldfish is just swimming like nothing, something tells me this one is on his way out.

hope he pulls through.
may want to dim lights for him. get him to relax maybe.

 

[fishboy15]

He's getting worse poor guy!!! dangit I should have paid more attention!!!! I'm so mad at myself will another 50 percent shock him to much??!! The 24 hour prime is wearing off. Not sure if that's the right way to spell wearing

 

[fishboy15]

I added two big air stones too, but he's not looking good God help him go peacefully if he doesn't survive

 

[Cleo642]

I added two big air stones too, but he's not looking good God help him go peacefully if he doesn't survive

I am so sorry.

 

[Cleo642]

@Humblefish do you know about goldfish and what problem might be?

 

[Cleo642]

Also possible if you had ammonia it irritated the gills. Ammonia burns gills just like it will burn our lungs if we breath it in.

 

[fishboy15]

It was ammonia ;(

 

[Cleo642]

How long had your tank been up? What kind of filtration do you have?

 

[fishboy15]

I was about 8 months before I moved and I have an aqua clear 70 and tetra whisper 30

 

[fishboy15]

Should I do another water change tonight? How much? Prime is wearing off and don't want any ammonia to go up and make things worse

 

[Cleo642]

So their biological filter is established and running properly? When you clean the filters, do you leave the biological filters untouched?
Never clean the bio wheel or padding, whatever the bacteria grows on.
If it's established, I don't understand the ammonia spike.

 

[fishboy15]

Some where in there I messed something up, I wash in tank water and might have washed the bio in tank water too. I'm not sure

 

[fishboy15]

He's barely breathing, is it too late? I want to do a water change but don't want to shock him more and make it worse for him. Want it to be as peaceful as possible for him.

 

[Cleo642]

He's barely breathing, is it too late? I want to do a water change but don't want to shock him more and make it worse for him. Want it to be as peaceful as possible for him.

Do a water change, use prime. Never clean the biological section of filter. That's where the good stuff lives. If you to rinse it if ever, do it only with tank water.

 

[Cleo642]

It can only help him, if you don't he just die anyway. Buy some test strips out test kits for your tank for ammonia. Or better yet, get the seachem ammonia alert badge, it will tell you if ammonia is present at anytime. This will prevent future tragedies.