Hey everyone!

Not all of you may know that my little Claymore has been gulping air like crazy, just like Goldiegirl's fish :'D
Well, I noticed it getting really bad yesterday night, as he was floating upside down, completely! He's never done that before! D': The other fish thought he was dead so they started nibbling on him...
Needless to say, I separated him from the other fish in the tank, simply with a big plastic basket He seems to be getting a bit better all the time when he gets to rest. He still has troubles controlling himself right now, but that'll get better once he's cleared out (Wish I could've noticed sooner somehow!!)

I decided to treat him the same way I did when I bought him, and he was severely constipated. No food for one-two days and finally some frozen peas before I release him with the others
Just thought I'd make a post about it with my progress! And any suggestions will be helpful

Anyways, water parameters, just as a nice custom
pH: 7-7.5
Ammonia: 0 PPM
Nitrite: 0 PPM
Nitrate: <10 PPM

Thank you At most his tail is a bit torn, I haven't noticed any other wounds on him, so he should be fine
I'm using that special water conditioner of mine for a while now, it's supposed to strengthen the immune system, help the slime coat and assist the fish in healing small wounds (or small infections).
Unfortunately, Melafix isn't available around here I might look for it on net sometime though (maybe when I'll get more tanks and it'll be good during quarantine?)

I'll tell you more about the progress tomorrow or so

That's great to hear Maybe that's why she wanted to give him away in the first place?

Today is Claymore's second day without food, so in the evening I'll let him out of that basket, and give him peas for breakfast tomorrow morning After that I think I'll be feeding them only tubifex, brine shrimp and peas for a little while, to make sure he'll clear up!! I think I mentioned before that I've already gotten rid of his swim bladder disorder before, so it should be treatable this time too

If it won't work though, I think that some kind of surgery would be the only option, and I don't think I've got the equipment or experience to do that... :'D

Thank you, Andrea! I could always try looking around But I somehow doubt they'd have anything like that around here, since goldfish aren't very... let's say "popular" Everybody keep them of course, like anywhere, but not many do it correctly

He probably does feel sorry for little Clementine :'c Is she getting better?

Now, for the update! I had decided to let him out tonight, so I did just after feeding some blood worms to the other fish. He is so happy!! He's going around the tank allover, and seems to be in much better shape He looks quite pale though, but I bet a few days of color enhancing diet and vegetables will get him right back on track! His little friend Berry was around the basket quite a lot checking on him, along with Samantha, Mr. Big and some of the others. It was so touching, they really missed eachother :'D
Tomorrow I'll give them all peas for breakfast!

The one near is part of the University of Sydney so it's all experience for the students who do years of theory and then can move onto a place like this so they can specialise in a certain type of animal or something. It's near me because it also specialises in farm animals so they can't really have this in the middle of the city There has to be some place where these people can learn and it is a fantastic place, they saved my cockatiel for quite a cheap price as it is not for profit.

Clementine is doing better but is still not acting like a normal goldfish She hasn't layed on the bottom of the tank for a few days now and is eating but she doesn't really swim around either. She is currently sort of floating in the middle of the tank and swims around occasionally, not floating as in like how Claymore was. She isn't half as active as Sunshine and though I am pretty sure she is going to survive, I dunno if she is happy. Maybe she is hungry or a bit cold, I'm not sure. I have been feeding her, just peas for most of the days because she was constipated. I tried her with brine shrimp but she wasn't very interested.

Good news everyone! I've fed Claymore and his friends with the peas this morning, and with some pre-soaked tubifex worms for dinner, and he's like an all new fish! He's swimming around everywhere between the plants and behind the driftwood digging around for food It's great to see him like this again

Hanna: Yeah, I'll probably be looking for it more seriously when I'll have some more quarantine "work" to do I don't know if it'd be very smart to buy it now as it would probably just stand in my cabinet and get old d:

Andrea: Did you try feeding her some other live foods? Like blood worms? They use to be very popular among goldfish! Tubifex cubes are really easy to feed to, and my fish are crazy about them! They're catching all the little pieces floating around, and little Popo gobbled down a whole big piece all by himself today! Refused to let it go and simply chewed on it little by little xD
Could be that you need to try some different kinds of foods for Clementine and see what she likes most! Live foods are really nutritious, so that might just help her!

Hehe, as I suggested in an other earlier post to get the food she's used to and has been fed there   

I went and asked them what she normally feeds them and she said the flakes and well I didn't want to buy them  They also said the ph was 7.0 so I think that is where my problem definitely was. But should be all good from here

Hanna: You're saying that there's no "Best Before" date on the bottles? That'd be great in that case, and I'll start looking for it right away!

Andrea: I'm so happy to hear that! It's really good to feed your fish some "strange" things while quarantining them, heard of a guy that uses to feed his quarantine fish with tropical fish flakes and crushed, freeze-dried krill They love it, and a full belly tend not to be a sick one So even if it wouldn't really work in the long run to feed her that much of blood worms and veggies, I think you still should, as long as she likes it!

Now about the book... we'll see what I'll come up with ;> It'd be awesome to actually make one to be sold around here!

Nossie, there is an expiry date, but as Andrea already said, pretty long, 

Got some pics of the new and perky Claymore

Sweet, sweet sweet, soooooooooooooooooooooooo sweeeeeet

That is the most adorable oranda I have ever seen.:O:):O:):O:)

Claymore is such a gorgeous fish, a perfect Oranda He should be a fish model. Clementine is alot darker than that but it's always hard to tell through cameras.

Well, glad to hear Claymore is on the mend!
Just to let you know that shrimp is high in fiber.  The freeze dried small shrimp for fish is excellent and produce healthy poo!