r/Goldfish

From up to down: Egg, Nero and Toast.
Got Toast just few month ago from some Easter market and his color is changing already.

I just went to see my goldfish. She was wearing a tiny top hat, and I asked her how she was doing. She said: "Why I'm doing just swimmingly!" And she started swimming around in circles.

My sense of reality is breaking. How did she do that? Did that even actually happen? Is anything even real at this point? I'm concerned that I might be going insane.

swim in peace big guy

my boy kaufmo. i’ve posted about him a few times now. unfortunately it doesn’t seem like his swim bladder issues are getting any better. today, he’s been at his worst. sunken to the bottom still, and slight pineconing has began. he won’t move from any spot, he’s no longer interested in peas, and he just looks in real bad shape. his eyes have started clouding, his slime coat is damaged from bottom sitting and he’s breathing heavily. just yesterday he’d still wiggle up to me but now he doesn’t even react when i’m there.

it breaks my heart, he’s my favorite guy in the tank because he brought so much personality to it, especially with his little crooked smirk. it’s crazy how much a little goldfish can really make you happy. i really don’t want to end things here, but i also don’t want him to suffer any longer. is it time? i don’t see him getting any better. i’ve tried just about everything i can do for him, but with the pineconing now happening i don’t see any improvement happening in the future

i appreciate all of the suggestions in the replies, but unfortunately like i said ive already tried just about everything i can do. i gave him daily epsom salt baths, methylene blue dips, deshelled peas, metroplex (if it was another underlying issue) and if anything he just seemed to get worse overtime. this has been a reoccurring issue going on for a few months that when it came back it was always worse than before. Im assuming it just had something to do with bad genetics. i got him from a LFS that always seems to have not the best goldfish in the long run, as they always seem to have issues. and also the fact that he’s a short bodied ryukin, which more times than i can count seen ryukins getting swim bladder issues due to their compressed bodies.

I ended up putting him to rest last night after spending another hour watching him. swim in peace kaufmo 🧡 he was an amazing fish and even better companion to have. i don’t think there will ever be another fish like him.

He loves it! I expected my smaller boy to use it but he adores hanging out up here.

I absolutely fell in love with goldfish, I've always had a small fish theyre okay but i always wanted to have something a little bigger, omg orandas are great! they have different personalities and theyre so fun to look at PS. And dont worry!!!! Ill get them more plants asap!!!

My baby needs some toys or something. Any suggestions? He looks bored 😅 I also maybe want to try him on brine shrimps. Thoughts?

My baby goldfish got here! 💕

I have a variety of different cichlid tanks and I have been in the fish hobby for quite a while but I wanted to do something different so if I was going to do it I wanted to do it right. I picked up a tall 150, a fx6 and some large sponge filters I had for good measure. Plan on throwing in a few juvenile Shubunkin's or something along that line after the cycle is fully established. I'm open to stocking ideas as well.

What would you add and where? Do you like it? The anubias are floating because i'm not sure where to put them lol

Colorado Springs area.

He deserves a pond or a 100-gallon tank.

Lots of personality.

Please get to me, ASAP. I want my baby to live.

Just a funny post to see how fuming this fish gets 😅 they’re both fish at the shop I work at but it’s me who cleans them, feeds them so basically my fish really 😂 it’s so funny watching the white one get angry with me because he hasn’t got the food, bare in mind he got fed like 5 minutes PRIOR 😂😂 I sit at the desk in between clients right next to the tank and he’s just always there swimming up and down the glass for my attention, flicking his tail above the water 😂🙄

Hello! I'm a new goldfish owner of a year now, and I just thought of joining this reddit for my fantail. Introducing: Mrs. Cheddar Cheese 🧀

If you guys have any recommendations, please comment them.

PS: I did some research, but some recommendations and help would still be nice and much appreciated. 😭 Thank you!