Timeline for Goldfish stopped eating after moving to a new tank, how to help them eat again?
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| May 16, 2021 at 3:35 | comment | added | lila | Okay I understand; I was coming from the point of view that in this case it is not the answer's author's fault that it does not solve the problem, but I have to admit that actually this is not anybody's fault after all. I think self-answering is great idea, I did not think about this before; it will be a good compromise because it will explicitly mark this question as "solved"; thanks. | |
| May 15, 2021 at 14:57 | comment | added | Shadow Wizard | @lila well, in the main meta (Meta Stack Exchange) the common opinion is that accepting answers isn't as important as people used to think, that's why they removed the whole concept of acceptance rate. Upvotes have more meaning than acceptance, as the focus should be on the quality of the contents, more than on whether it helped the specific person who asked the question. Back to our case here, I don't think I can accept the answer since I didn't really follow any of the advices given there. Maybe I can post self answer with what I said in the previous comment? What do you think? | |
| May 13, 2021 at 21:59 | comment | added | lila | Oh I understand, thank you for your response and I am sorry for your loss. And sorry for my tone, maybe it was too harsh, but we just have a problem with unaccepted answers in this SE. And it is not up to me to decide to delete this, and in my opinion it should not be deleted; I just think it would had been better with more details. | |
| May 13, 2021 at 12:39 | comment | added | Shadow Wizard | @lila please fix your keyboard it's really hard to read with random ✱ appearing in the comment. Anyway, I didn't know how to handle such a water tank, so I moved the fish back to their previous container (mentioned in a past question), but sadly it was too late; They didn't eat while there and died after couple of days. It's all my bad, I also apologized to my kids, I wasn't aware water tank need so much attention. I brought different kind of fish for now, and know to ask before making a major move. If you think the question and answer have no value to others, I don't object deleting it. | |
| May 12, 2021 at 22:53 | comment | added | lila | What is the problem with this unacc✱pted a✱swer? A few essential clarification requests had been posted in the comments, none of which had been met with your response; the only problem I could see with the existing a✱swer is that it is a bit generalized - but that is only because your question itself is generalized. Information about your water parameters was absolutely required to give you any a✱swer more specialized than the existing one. Please improve your 0% acc✱pt r✱te. | |
| Mar 25, 2021 at 5:54 | answer | added | Elmy♦ | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 20:15 | comment | added | lila | I am sure that the floating-grain form of the food is not the problem and changing to different food type (flakes, etc.) won't solve this. Healthy fish spend most of their waking time searching for food and consuming whatever is at least remotely edible; they are opportunistic feeders. | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 20:11 | comment | added | Elmy♦ | And stop feeding your fish right now or the surplus food increases the problem even more. Your fish won't starve if they get less food for a few days, but they will die of ammonia poisoning if you doin't act very quickly now. | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 20:08 | comment | added | Elmy♦ | If you dumped out the water from the old tank and filled the new tank with fresh water, the fish are currently poisening themselves. They have no toilet to discard waste, the waste gets absorbed into the water and poisons the fish. Please read this question for more information. If you have any neighbor or friend with a fish tank, ask them for some water from their tank to kickstart your new tank. Some pet shops also sell cycled water or aquarium starters. | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 20:08 | history | edited | lila | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 24, 2021 at 20:05 | comment | added | lila | No appetite and lethargy in a fish like goldfish is a sign that something is at least moderately wrong, if not seriously wrong with its health. Please measure the concentration of ammonia, nitrites, pH and nitrates and include the results in your question. Please include the information: how have you sanitized the water before filling aquarium with it? Did you use water conditioner with dechlorinator, did you use tap water or well water or reverse osmosis water? Could you include some close-up photos of the goldfish, especially the gills? Are the gills bright-red, tan-brown, or else? Thanks. | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 13:57 | comment | added | SerenaT | Ammonia, nitrite etc. | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 11:56 | comment | added | Shadow Wizard | @SerenaT what do you mean by "water parameters"? | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 11:55 | comment | added | SerenaT | What are the water parameters of the tank? | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 10:35 | history | asked | Shadow Wizard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |