Pet Fish & Aquarium Care Tips : How to Treat Swim Bladder Disease in Goldfish
Treating swim bladder disease in goldfish requires adding oraim salt to a tank to help digestion and not feeding them any food. Treat swim bladder disease in goldfish with tips from an aquarium shop owner in this free video on aquariums. Expert: Chris Simms Contact: www.aquatic-central.com Bio: Chris Simms owns Aquatic Central in San Francisco, Calif. Filmmaker: Bing Hu
July 31st, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Cool… Thanks for the advice. I’ll be treating my hatchet fish tonight after work
August 11th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
This works, I saved 2 fancy goldfish w/ swim bladder disease this way. I used Melafix and stopped feeding the pellets & flakes. Instead I feed freeze dried foods (brine shrimp, daphnia, worms.) and cooked peas, greenbeans, orange, etc. They can be allergic to fillers and wheat in flakes, it gives them gas & upset digestion & leads to SBD. But there are lots of natural food recipe ideas for goldfish on web. Also gel foods you can try instead of flakes. Don’t give up until you try this.
August 19th, 2009 at 1:36 am
why does the guy keep scratching his eyes?
August 20th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
my fish got swimbladder without warning.i already had swimbladder medicene to hand.treated the fish and went to bed.the next day,the fish was dead.i hate swim bladder disease
August 25th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
my mickey mouse platy just got swimbladder disease
She was my favorite fish..
September 8th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I got a pearl scale fish…He’s had SBD for a week before i realized it was a prob..Been cleaning the water-50% water change in my aqarium…and then made a lil hospital tank to use the medicine(been cleaning that everyday). I’ve been feeding him peas every other day or two days….its been over a week and he’s still like this. I dont get it.
October 17th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Swim bladder disease can not be cured through water quality ha ha ha your talking tosh m8
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 am
I Need Help…actually my fish does. He has had SBD for two weeks now going on three. I can’t get him to eat peas…he just spits them right out. I think he is getting to weak. I’ve tried both the anti-bacterial and anti-fungal, but he just lays on his back at the bottom of the tank. Any suggestions? He is a black moor, over a year old, and I’ve gotten attached to the little bugger so I would hate to have to euthanize him.
November 27th, 2009 at 11:03 am
u need a Melafix is antibacterial and Pimafix antifungal fish remedy change the water like 7 days time
December 7th, 2009 at 1:26 am
lol i know how attached you can get i managed to keep some of the little caravel goldfish (the throw the ball in the bowl game) for 5-7 years i had to move them to my ornamental pond aventually.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
@kerred make sure you shelled the pea. Just give him the stuff in the middle. It’s sad but SBD is really tough and hard to get rid of.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I found that when I used pellet food some of my goldfish would get SBD. Since I switched to flakes I have had no cases of SBD.
December 26th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
@chuzziii me 2 they look funny xD
December 31st, 2009 at 12:21 am
I have a video up of my fish, could you guys go look and see if that’s SBD?
December 31st, 2009 at 1:51 pm
how to find out wether a goldfish is pregnant or not?please if u guys know reply me…..
February 16th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
i no way more oubout this dissece somtimes its just heschape of the blather, Ryukin and oranda are famous affeter eating the go flwht some hous later its gone, some tips are oke, but there is much more to be learnd, dont grap medacation unles you are sure its a internal bacterial infection, and a digestive problem, medcation is like poison the les the better
February 17th, 2010 at 12:22 am
NI 83co….if you know more than this guy, you should be able to spell an english word right..you cant spell for shit..fishguy
March 18th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Mars nibbled my finger once. I didn’t pet him.
March 23rd, 2010 at 10:33 am
why not just get a new fish, why waste money lol!
April 8th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
@neodorkiss Because, for some of us, life is priceless.
May 5th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
@SoniaCoonen lol
May 21st, 2010 at 1:32 pm
@Ni83co you might want to learn about to write in english before you give advice to others, okay? ^_^
May 31st, 2010 at 3:36 pm
i was about to get freaked out wen he said ‘Now there is no actual treatment for swim bladder disease’ 0_0 LOL?!!! … but then he continue…i hope the green-pea works… everywhere on the internet says this
May 31st, 2010 at 4:26 pm
erm guys, im trying the ‘green-pea’ method.. but my goldfish aint eating them (cuz they’re not use to it??)…. WAT TO DO?!!!!
June 21st, 2010 at 3:22 pm
can u also use this for tropical fish?