I have a gold fish that seems like it is internally bleeding. When we bought it months ago and it was all orange. 100%. Now it seems to be bleeding in multiple areas. Anyone have any clue what it could be?

I figured I'd get more traffic if i left the goldfish part out of the title.

Look on the tail and behind its eye. Its also on the other side, almost symetrical. I know its a $2 goldfish, but its my daughter's $2 goldfish.

I don't know a thing about goldfish or tanks, but I googled "goldfish bleeding" and there was a ton of stuff.  Sounds like your tank water has stuff in it that's killing it; or at least harming it.

Thanks for that. Maybe I'm putting too much water contitioner in the water. Or maybe replace too much at one time, hmmm..

Had fish for a lot of years until we had more kids.  This could be lots of things.  A couple of questions that probably need to be asked before a remedy may be found.

1)  How big is the tank?

2)  How many fish are in the tank?

3)  What type of filter are you using?

4)  When is the last time you did a water change?

There may be more, but this is a start.

1) The tank holds about 2 gallons of water and is about 18" tall. Its a cylinder tank my wife chose.

2) There are a total of three small goldfish in there.

3) No fiter, the guy told me they didn't NEED one in the petstore.

4) Water was changed on friday. But noticed a small "blood" patch before that. Actually changed the water in fear of an infection.

Thanks, Nick.

Tank is too small, and will not support one goldfish, let alone a few.  Ditch the goldfish, drain and clean the tank.  Refill, let sit a day or two, and get a betta.

OK, let me give you some advice that I got when I first started my venture into the fish tank hobby.  I got some great info from some young guys at the place where I bought all my fish from.  They had been doing this for years and it worked for me.  I was able to move up in tanks from a small 10 gallon tank to a bunch of 50, 100, and even 200 gallon tanks.  Hope this helps.

1)  Goldfish are nice to look at, cheap to buy, and difficult to keep alive un the conditions that you have.  As it was explained to me, goldfish will eat until their bellies blow (just like a fat kid in a candy store).  Thus they do not make good use of the food they consume.  A goldfish will create twice the waste of a normal fish, they are not great for tank living unless you are set up for them.  Goldfish are great however if you want to "Cycle" a tank to get it ready for other fish.

2)  You tank really is too small.  With three fish in that little tank you are pushing the limits.....and when you take into account that those fish are goldfish, you have just exceeded the limit by about 3 fish.  Seriously, that small of a tank cannot hold enough "good" water when competing with a "dirty" goldfish.  If you add in the fact that you are not running a filter you are doomed before you even start.  Those three fish produce the equivilent waste to 6 fish.  It was put to me in fishing terms so that is how I will explain it.  A large lake takes longer to see a temperature change than a small pond.  This is due to an increase in mass within the lake ie. water, rocks, plants, fish etc.  So with a small tank you will see changes sooner and this goes not just for the temperature but also the ammonia levels produced from waste.

3)  I am not sure how often you are feeding the fish, but it is not uncommon for twice daily feedings.  One of the first mistakes is to follow that rule.  Most fish will live healthy on a single feeding a day and no more than they can eat in about 30 seconds.  Most fish cannot handle large amounts of food and will either waste it (causing ammonia spikes) or not get the full nutritional value from it (causing ammonia spikes).  Either way, cut back on food.

4)  If you are serious about keeping the kids happy with fish and are in a position to invest a little buy a bigger tank.  More importantly buy something in the 10-20 gallon range and buy a filter that is too big for it.  I have always run filters that are 1-2 sizes too big for my tanks and have never had an issue with ammonia (If you cannot tell, I think that you problem is with your ammonia levels in the tank).  The larger filter will help if you get a day or two behind on water changes, over feed on accident, go away on vacation, etc......

5)  Stay away from all those additives you can buy for your tank.  Those little drops do not work.  They are expensive and not a fix for doing it right.  I have tried them all, and unless you fish get ick or some other parasite avoid them like the plague. 

6)  See if you can find a real "fish store".  Buying fish from wal-mart or something like that is not usually a great investment.  Those places do not have the personell to effectively manage these things.  Often they have no advice, only do what is told of them, and could really care less if the fish live or die.  Seriously, would you buy a dog at Wal-mart? 

Most of all have fun.  It is an experience of trial and error.  Each fish species is unique and fun.  If you want to keep what you got right now without much investment then you need to do more frequent water changes, maybe add an air stone, and pray.  Those little buggers are not environmentally friendly!!! Hope this helps.

Tank is too small, and will not support one goldfish, let alone a few. Ditch the goldfish, drain and clean the tank. Refill, let sit a day or two, and get a betta.

this is pretty much the short answer.

it is a misconseption, the traditional "goldfish bowl" are unable to support a goldfish. There is a rule that says 1" of adult size fish per 1 gallon of water. Following this, a goldfish can get to be 8" long (plus as stated before, they are messy) you need an 80gal tank for 1 adult goldfish.

Now, not a lot of people in the hobby follow that rule because you can get a good filter, do more water changes, feed little and keep your water cooler so your fish's metabolism slows down and don't grow as fast.

Tall tanks are not as good as long tanks because of the amount of water surface in contact with air, so water/oxigen exchange on your bowl is minimal. Without a filter you are really not pulling out any fish waste, that is were the ammonia comes from.

A betta is probably the only choice for that bowl.

water conditioner in a 2 gallon tank???

lol

Wow a 2 gallon tank with no filtration at all. Im surprised they are still alive to be honest. I used to have a 55gal salt water coral reef tank. Id atleast get a 10gal tank and add an undergravel filter or something. Yes I would ditch the gold fish for something different.

Looks like it got bit by a zombie and is starting to turn into one itself.

The only solution is to separate the head from the body or to destroy the brains.

id make a small sponge filter and put in the tank. then check the ammonia levels.

"what is wrong with my fish?" - its a $2 goldfish :

;D

Josh, I have a 5 gallon aquarium with a filter you can have left over from my planted tank days

Also adding a few plants to absord the nitrates would be a good idea, check out some of my previous tanks man

30 i had in my office

the 220 I had in my office

5 gal its empty now and this is the one ill give you

my 26

14 g

"what is wrong with my fish?" - its a $2 goldfish :

;D

Watch it, Slingblade.. They're my daughters $2 fish

So we went out and bought a new olant for it. It pretty much consumes the whole thing.

Water was changed today and the strugglin guy seems to be more active.

Doesn't look like that's a true aquatic plant bro, I also forgot to add that plants need diff spectrum bulbs 5000-10,000k, house bulbs are around 3500k so it wouldnt be suited for the plant, you would be able to get away with any Anubias species plants as they grow slow and are very undamanding in terms of light and could get away with whatever daylight seeps in from the windows.

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