sick fish please help ASAP

[Lee]

SICK Fish added meds please read

My goldfish...telescope eyes type is laying in the back of the tank. He seems to be having trouble swimming and breathing...gills are flared and breathing rapid.
please help he is my fav fish. I put him in an isolation tank ..anyone know about goldfish?
Lisa

i cant find how to add the photo of him...can he be constipated? he has had 1 white poop

 

[RobMiller]

mmm, get him into an isolation tank, put in 1/8 cup of rock salt if the tanks a 20 gallon. Put in some Methylene Green/Blue(multi-sure products), Make sure his water is perfect, no ammonia, good aeration, heat, lighting, filtration, give him some cover, like a ceramic pot plant or a coffee mug to hide in, first hit him with a nomal to high dose of methlyene green/blue for the first 24 hours, then on time, change 50% of the water with normal treated tap water, and let him sit in the tank for the next 24 hours and monitor him every 2-3 hours. dont feed him till after the 48 hour treatment.

 

[RobMiller]

if he improves, wait another 24 hours, then repeat treatment.

 

[Lee]

thank you. I have him isolated. Cold water because he is a goldfish. Think i should add some heat?
i dont know what methlyene green/blue is. I put in an antibiotic.
i checked on him this AM and seen a little white worm on the glass inside the tank. looked him over with a mag glas and didnt see any hook worms or worms on him. should i get some type of fish wormer too?

 

[bobrob]

I dont think adding heat would be a good thing. Ive heard goldfishes are more likely to get disease when theyre in colder water so I dont thik it would help its chances of getting rid of what it has if it were in warmer water.

 

[Davy]

I can't really help you out other than to say that RobMiller's idea is what I would go with. Just wanted to say that goldfish are coldwater fish and should not be kept at tropical temperatures. I would leave it cold. Sorry to hear about your fish and I hope he gets better.

 

[Lee]

sick goldfish update please read help needed

ok i added the following:
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trisulate.

He gets a burst of energy or hunger and swims around the tank for a while then slowly sinks to the bottom and lays there.
He ate 3 peas with epsom salt in them today and still no poop.
His gills are a little red and rapid breathing. I just noticed some of his scales are starting to protrude.
Pease advise.
could he have eaten gravel? We call him HOOVER because he sucks everything up off the bottom.