There are several things that can cause a goldfish to sit at the bottom. One reason for this is if your goldfish has an internal bacterial infection;the outcome for this, if left untreated, is usually dropsy and eventually death. However there are several ways to affectively treat this: one way is to feed the fish a medicated food, the food should contain antibiotics, (most medicated foods sold at petstores do not contain antibiotics that are actually affective against bacterial infections, ) however one medicated food known to work well (and has three affective antibiotics) is "medi-gold"(goldfish medicated food). A second way to treat a bacterial infection is antibacterial injections, this method however should only be performed by a piscine vet. Goldfish may also sit at the bottom if they are suffering from an infestations of flukes(a microscopic flatworm). Almost all goldfish that are purchased have flukes and usually are immune to the parasite until their slime coat (immune system) is damaged or if they are stressed. An affective way to treat flukes is using one of the following: formalin,potassium permganate,Droncit, or fluketabs. Lastly one other cause for a goldfish to sit at the bottom would be if the goldfish has a deformed swimbladder; either the swimbladder did not form right or is full of water instead of air. Usually the only way to correct this is by consulting a piscine vet to surgically fix the swim bladder.
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Stop doing a handstand. If your goldfish is floating, it will float to the top, not the bottom, therefore, you must be upside down!
If your goldfish is staying at the bottom of the tank a lot, make sure that you test the water for nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia - these should be at zero. In addition, also check the PH level in case this has crashes; it should be at least 7.2, but it can be higher if it is normally stable.
Because it is either sleeping or sick. If you think your fish is sick, then it could be bottom sitting because of a bacterial infection or an infestation of flukes or parasites. I'd recommend treating the water with an anti-parasitic and feeding your goldfish an antibacterial medication. Also try water changes and feeding de-shelled green peas.
Betta fish sleep on the bottom of the tank. I've never seen one close its eyes but they will often rest on the bottom when there is no action going on around them. Betta like to be around movement. That is why we have my betta fish in our living room.
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Goldfish can settle at any level in the water to rest/relax although they often do go to the bottom.
If you mean that if they come from their mouth or their bottom, it's bottom
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No they do not; having gravel or not is really the choice of the fish keeper as far as how they want the tank to look. You can certainly leave it bare bottomed as many goldfish keepers do to give the fish more swimming room and easier time cleaning the debris from the bottom of the tank each week.
This may mean 3 things: # It may be tired, # It may be sick or injured, # Or it could be near the end of its life.
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