Oranda goldfish problems

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Yes. Shes in a tank with two moors, two calico fantails, and an albino oranda. Shes the biggest one of all and the salt treatment hasnt done much since i put it in. I've even put a little more than one tablespoon per 10gal. of water in their. Her stomach is bright red and swollen from the spot were her stomach is out of the water. I think shes trying to swim now. Before, she would be lathargic.

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These short bodied/balloon shaped fish (be they carp, or cichlids), are well known for having swim bladder issues. Whenever a fish mutation is developed that drastically alters looks, be it short bodies, or parrot heads, or round bodies, something inside the fish is sacrificed. In the case of oranda's, the organs are crammed into a space the is not normal. Even though this mutation is thousands of years old, it does not change the fact that the normal arrangement organs has evolved to be healthy and the man made arrangement can cause issues.
In nature this kind of mutation would not proliferate because the fish would be easy pickings for predators.
These mutated fish must be treated very carefully to maintain health, and as stated above, water changes every 3 weeks are not enough to maintain the high quality environment they need to stay healthy.
In my pond the first fish to get picked off by predators are always the slower moving clumsy mutations.
 
Ok so ive been doing water changes everyday and ive treated the water with epsom salt. Nothing is happening. How long does the epsom salt take to go in effect? She has a small rash on her stomach from were it sticks out of the water. I cant think of anything else it could be.
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If it's any help you may want to post on goldfishkeepers.com, they have some goldfish aficionados who have been breeding fancies for close to 20 years. Good luck
 
Possibly overfeeding? That will cause them to have Swimbladder problems easy. My fish does that the rare times she's overfed. My other "fancy" fish never has that problem...and he's huge. I haven't had an issue that hasn't been fixed with a big (80%) water change (and smaller water changes the following days until the problem is resolved).

Make sure you aren't overfeeding that fish. Not only does changing the water help for obvious reasons but something about it changes the pressure in the water. Sometimes not feeding them of a few hours and just changing the water fixes minor issues. I'm not sure what size tank you have, but changing 25-50% a week (50, if you don't have a huge tank) keep problems at bay.
 
TEST THE WATER. Do a large water change add aquarium salt at the rate of 1 TBSP per 5 gallons or 15 grams per gallon, and add epsom salt at the rate suggested above. Floating indicates they are unwilling (because it hurts) or unable to compress their muscular sack surrounding their swim bladder. Inflammation can occur from bad water quality (mostly high nitrates), physical injury, bacterial infection, or parasite infection. Usually in that order. A shot of cortisone from the vet would help. You can also feed them small bits of licorice root. The alkaloids in the root that make it sweet are anti inflammatory and act like cortisone on the goldfish. Oh yeah, if it's an egg fish like an oranda, raise the temp to 72 degrees.

Best of luck,

Glenn
 
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