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My goldfish keeps floating to the top of the tank. He struggles to swim down but within seconds has floated straight back up again and just sits still at top of water. Whats wrong?

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by Marcoslawrence on May 3, 2009 at 3:30 pm Permalink

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I had the same problem with one of my goldfish (SBD). I hand fed him a pea and changed 1/4th of the tank water with fresh, neutralised water with a small dusting of epsom salts. 10 hours later (overnight) he seems perfectly normal, with no obvious buoyancy defects!!! Thanks all who helped!!
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