Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

So when i initially cycled my system, i used 4 goldfish which i expected to die. However, of those 4, 3 survived. That is until 2 days ago, when I found one of them dead at the bottom of the tank. I removed that one, and the remaining two seemed fine, until last night, where one of them started swimming sideways and spending a lot of time not moving.

A little bit of googling seems to suggest that its a swimbladder issue, caused by too high protein food. That second goldfish died this morning. The last one seems mostly ok for the moment, I am going to see if i can find some peas later to help with its digestion. If anyone can suggest anything else, im open to it.

All the perch and catfish seem fine. Not sure about the pakistani loaches because i never really see them anyway.

Water temp is 24C, nitrites, ammonia and ph all seem fine (0,0,6.4)