We came home the other day and our last pet… our goldfish… was gasping in it’s tank. Floating on its side and just listing about. I thought for sure it was dead but it would give a body wiggle and try to right itself.
I called over the youngest, who’s job it is to feed him and had him put a few pinches of food in the tank. After all as a mother the first thing I try to do to fix something is feed it. Together we encouraged the fish to get the food. And amazingly… it seemed to spark some life into the fish who began to alternate between floating and trying to eat.
To our pleased surprise within an hour the fish was completely back to normal.
My assumption of the problem? I haven’t been making sure the youngest feeds the fish because its his father’s fish and the man’s been feeding the “Goldfish are omnivores and can eat everything” fish, worms from the compost or pieces of veggie or fruit. Or the occasional fly (no REALLY!) He’s been doing this daily, so I’m assuming the fish is getting food.
Yet, I’m guessing there must be some sort of essential vitamins in the fish food or perhaps the reality is… Goldfish aren’t as ‘omnivore’ as SOMEONE read on the Internet.
And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.