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Fantail Goldfish

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Question
My fantail goldfish has started to flip upside down when it stops swimming is this normal or is this dangerous and could it die because of this

Answer
Dan , I am so sorry it took so long for me to get to you ....your goldie has a serious swimbladder infection and needs to be dosed with tetracycline now...take your carbon out of your filter and feed him a frozen pea cracked a week to stop this from happening again...don't forget to remove the shell later....Good Luck , Tina