My goldfish is surrounded by a white stuff and looks like its peeling off. Also they are swimming funny

Question

My fish is listlessly lazing near the top of the tank on his side and not doing any real swimming

Answer 1

Your fish is about to die, I'm sorry. Goldfish are very dirty fish, they give off a lot of ammonia in the water when the expel waste. You have to clean the water often or risk them getting fish infections.

Answer 2

he might not die, do as princess said and buy the fungal cure but first put them in a salt bath for about five minutes (buy salt from an aquarium) and if they survive, after the fungal treatment continue to add the right amount of aquarium salt to the tank water. it helps to kill the 'bad bacteria' in the tank without harming the good bacteria. goldfish benefit from small amounts of aquarium salt. he is having trouble swimming and it sounds like a swim bladder problem triggered by poor water quality, the salt will help to clean out the infection without ruining the water as most medicines do. good luck!

Answer 3

Hi.

He is not definately gonna die. Please have some hope. This happened to my goldfish and I saved them.

You need to go to petsmart immediately and buy 'fungus cure' for them. Put it in the water, turns the water green but follow instructions carefully.  Also u need to change water OFTEN to prevent this in the future. It's important that you get the fungus cure ASAP. if not then your goldfish will die. Next time keep a box of fungus cure around so there is no delay should this occur again.

I saved my goldfish by doing this, however I have an automatic feeder and went away for a week but didn't clean the water before leaving. When I returned all 4 of them looked pretty bad. bloody fins and shite stuff.... I ran to petsmart and there was so much traffic it took me another 2 hours to get it to them.

I lost 2 of the 4 and now I will always keep 'fungus cure' around. and change the water.

Good luck.

Answer 4

he's gonna die.