What is wrong with my fancy goldfish?

[Dooburg]

Hello.
I am very concerned with one of my fish this evening. I have a blackmoor and a fancy. The blackmoor is fine, he sleeps, floats about and seems perfectly normal. The fancy has been at the surface drinking air all evening, literally... hours.

I have a video but not sure if I can upload it here. I have attached a photo instead. You can see the blackmoor snoozing in the bottom right of the tank.



Does anyone know what the problem might be? I have a pump running and air stones with lots of bubbles and movement. I thought if it was a lack of oxygen then the blackmoor would be suffering too.

Many thanks for any advice
Sarah

[Vale!]

Hello, Sarah, and welcome aboard!

Everything looks pretty clean, which could mean it's quite newly set up. I'm not familiar with goldfish behaviour, but sleeping during daylight isn't normal for fish that I do know better. So ...

... do you have current test results for ammonia and nitrite, please? If you don't have the tests, have you a fish shop near you that could do those tests for you (they usually charge a quid or two)?

[Martinspuddle]

Greetings & welcome to

[plankton]

Welcome to the forum.
As well as @Vale!'s question:
How long have you had them, what size is the tank, what are your water change and feeding regimes? Do you know the hardness of the water?
And, a very random question, what's the weather like where you are (air pressure can cause things like mating behaviour)?

[fr499y]

Welcome to

Tank is too small, looks like a Ciano Aqua to me either 40 or 60 as the depth isn't much, also the filter looks to be just sponges.

Goldfish are very messy and need plenty of space. A 4ft tank would be suitable whilst small but larger is always better.

Could you give us some info on when the tank was setup, how it was setup etc? As @Vale! @plankton says, it looks very clean.

[Vale!]

While we await further news ...

Since I'm on the PC I took the opportunity to zoom Dooburg's pic to look at his Blackmoor and my eyes got hijacked by pareidolia, twice! I got a bear cub weeping uncontrollably ; and then, tilting my head 90 degrees clockwise, it turned into a seal.


Sorry. As you were.