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26 minutes ago, koko said:

WOW he's really upside down.

i would suggest for right now is to get a shallow container with just an air stone. Sharon might have ideas more for you  

Do you have any suggestions for what kind of container and how I could maintain it?

3 hours ago, koko said:

In all honesty with out photos of the fish its hard to tell. But if the fish is as bad as you said then I would have to agree.

Ph that low with ammonia is a bad combination 

Here are some old photos and then the new ones below them.

1 hour ago, shakaho said:

Upload your photos to a host like Photobucket copy and paste them from there.

Here are the recent photos.

These are some earlier photos I took of the infection. The bottom two are when it began to spread and the top is before I medicated him with tetracycline. I will try to get some more recent photos, but it may be difficult. Any advice on taking photos for the current symptoms?

Alright, so I made the beginner mistake of misreading the PH and assuming that with everything, lower is better. I just tested the water and found it has a PH of about 7.5 and ammonia is 0ppm. I added epsom salts earlier to help with the swim bladder and a dose of furan 2 at the recommendation of an aquatics shop owner.

Okay, I will test it again to see and make adjustments accordingly. How can I post photos here? I haven't been able to figure out how to add attachments 

I received a refund, I just want to save the fish. The test kit said that the ph was in the yellow, which I assume is fine because it's in the low and it's the ph of my tap water which comes from a well. Are you seriously telling me it's completely hopeless to preserve the life of thus creature?

Can someone please help me here? The fish is bloated, upside-down, has scales sticking out, gasping, and has parts of its body that appear to be eaten by infection. So far no one has provided me any informative advice.

1 minute ago, koko said:

Could you please retest your ph? it is really low. I that would most certainly burn them  

The ph is neutral. In my experience of owning goldfish it's never been a problem.

5 minutes ago, Arctic Mama said:

I'm sorry your fish died.  Sometimes these conditions move very quickly.

Yeah... I'm fairly certain it was worms or something...

8 minutes ago, shakaho said:

You need to get Seachem Prime water conditioner to protect your fish from the ammonia build up.  Dosed at least every two days, it will protect the fish from up to 1 ppm ammonia.  The black spots may come from ammonia burns that are healing.  Do you aerate the quarantine tank?  At 80F, the water doesn't hold much oxygen.

Would that be the best idea? Could Seachem Prime hurt the fish? Also there is an airstone to aerate the tank, that should be fine.

I recently received a new 5.5 inch oranda goldfish from an online seller. The fish has been in a 10 gallon quarantine tank with a filter. I change 50% of the water each day to make sure ammonia doesn't get out of hand. But the fish had an infection which spread across its head in the image of an open wound. I treated him with tetracycline for a few days and the infection cleared up. But now he is floating upside down around the tank. I fasted him for a few days, turned the temperature of the water to 80 degrees and after 3 days I attempted to feed him some cooked and skinned peas, but I and not sure he ate much. Could I please get some advice? The last topic I posted here didn't help me at all...

The water has ideal ph, nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia (though the ammonia builds up quickly) He's been this way quite a few days now, swimming around upside-down and gasping frequently...

None of this even matters because my fish died the day after I posted this.

A while back I got a new oranda which I quarantined for about a week and then added it to my 35 gallon tank with another fish. I removed the new on after it had noticeable troubles with infection, possible finrot, and swim bladder. I'm treating it in a 10 gallon with a filter and some tetracycline. But now my other goldfish, one I've had longer, has suddenly grown weak, has rotting fins, seems fairly thin, gasping at the surface, and somewhat glassy eyes. PLEASE HELP! I love this fish so much, I've had it for years!

It's a 35 gallon tank. I added some tetracycline the other day, but saw how people suggest changing 20% of the water each day to remove ammonia/nitrite/nitrate. After changing 20% I tested the water. Ammonia is 0 ppm, Nitrite is also 0 ppm, and Nitrate went down from about 20 ppm to <5 ppm.