AboutRon Coleman Expertise I am an expert on cichlid fishes, particularly New World cichlids. My broader expertise includes the behavior, ecology and reproduction of fishes in general. (I am NOT an expert on Goldfish). Please do not use abbreviations, such as "my GT has a swollen eye" because I don't know what a "GT" is. The more clearly you can explain your question, the better chance I have of understanding what it is that you seek. I keep fishes both as a scientist and as a hobbyist and I currently maintain about 140 aquariums.
Experience I am an Assistant Professor at the California State University, Sacramento in the Department of Biological Sciences, and I run a website, called the Cichlid Research Home Page . I also write for many popular aquarist magazines, and I am editor of Cichlid News magazine. I am a scientist and I spend my time teaching fish biology, ecology, behavior and evolution and doing research on the reproductive biology of fishes, particularly cichlids. I do research in the laboratory and in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Mexico. My main interest is understanding the evolution of parental care in fishes. I am interested in encouraging greater public awareness, understanding and participation in science.
Publications Cichlid News, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, Freshwater and Marine Aquarium, Science, Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, Copeia, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, AUK, Environmental Biology of Fishes
Question Hi, basically I have a medium sized pond in my garden and we had 3 goldfish. Today my brother cleaned out the filter which we do once a week and then after a couple of hours one of our fish died (we think it was the female) we tried to revive her by moving her in a figure of 8 movement but there was no luck and all the scales were falling off. We also realised that none of the fish had eaten the food we had given them today. We are really unsure about what happened but we are thinking it could be constipation??? please help :(
Answer Hi Nallini,
I don't think constipation would do that and particularly not that quickly. Is there any chance that some chlorine/bleach or other cleaning substance got into the pond?
-- Ron
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