Need help with shubunkin.

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bettagurl

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I got a really messed up shubunkin from my LFS, free.
Her chest is huge, she's skinny, she had popeye and looks a bit stunted.
Her chest is what is worrying me, when I moved her from the bucket she was in to the QT tank, it felt very soft and like it was full of liquid.. She is very hungry, but seems to have trouble getting the food, her mouth is shaped odd, and faces very sharply downward.

Any ideas on what could be wrong with her chest?
I always get stuck with the weird ones.
 
Description

The shubunkin, nicknamed "Poor Mans Koi", are similar to the common goldfish and comet goldfish in appearance. They have streamlined bodies with well-developed and even fins. However, the shubunkins are calico goldfish; they possess nacreous scales (a mix of metallic and transparent scales that are pearly in appearance). The overlapping patches of red, white, grey and black (along with dark speckles) normally extend to the finnage of shubunkins. It may take several months for the nacreous coloration to develop on a young fry(baby fish). Shubunkins are excellent pond fish because they reach a length of 9 to 16 inches (22.86 to 40.6 centimeters) at adulthood. A shubunkin goldfish is considered an adult at 2 to 3 years of age.

Jaws - Shubunkin 7 yrs old 26cm (just over 10 inches).



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubunkin#cite_note-Johnson-1

Variants


A Japanese painting of a shubunkin.


Although shubunkins originated from Japan, three distinct types of shubunkins have been categorized in the West, namely: the American shubunkins, the Bristol shubunkins, and the London shubunkins.

  • London shubunkins have stout bodies and short, rounded finnage that is similar to the common goldfish.

  • American shubunkins have a slimmer body shape than the london shubunkin with deeply forked, pointed tail fins, and longer finnage all around.

  • Bristol shubunkins are slim bodied goldfish with well-developed finnage possessing a tail that is large, moderately forked, and rounded at the end making a shape similar to that of the capitalized letter "B".
 
Sorry never heard of that type of fish and I assumed from lack of response that not many others have either. I am sorry I can not help you I have not dealt with a fish that sick :(
 
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