Please help my fish

I had 4 fish. 1 goldfish,2black moors, and 1 calico. they all started to act funny when I was moving the rocks around and all the poop, and left over food came up. like it was choking them. so I took them out and put them into a plastic container.and I scrubbed the sides of the tank with a disposable tooth brush and it had no soap on it at all. and strands of like stuff was everywere and it got on them.. and I put them back in the tank and thats when it got on them and it cleared up and my goldfish was swimming with his head down and was just like floating there so I flushed him cause I knew he was going to die. and now my big black moorr is acting slow and has the strands on his head and I got them off. and my baby moor and calico fish are just in a corner laying down PLEASE HELP ME! I dont want them to die..

Answer #1

umm the answer to your question is by feeding them everyday that way they cannot die or starve for their life and when you tap on the tank that means that they know your wakeing them up and its time for them to get fed!

Answer #2

what do the strands look like? what color are they? if you give me more information maybe I can help. I’m sorry about your fish. :-( next time let them die first please. I hate to think of a life fish going down the pipes! I can tell you that your tank needs to have the following: water purifying drops (clears the ick disease from the tank’s water), anti-algae drops, a little bit of aquarium salt (even for fresh water fish), and a bubbler. Go and buy those things if you don’t have them and maybe it will solve your problem. also, clean out the entire tank and wash the rocks in strainer with warm water and no soap. refill with room-temperature water and let the fish adjust to the new water’s temperature in a ziplock w/ their old water in it like when you first got them if you want to be extra safe. hope that helps! :-)

Answer #3

Vacuum / Siphon about 1/4 of your tank and replace with fresh water.

Answer #4

okey. I have a bubbler,anti algae drops, water purifying drops, and thats it I dont have aquarium salt. but ill get some. and I put the purifying drops in earlyer and the algae drops too. tomorrow I am going to clean it. the strands are clear, but it doesnt look like ick at all tho. could it be the algae that I scraped off the walls of the fish tank?? cause thats when it started apearing.. im going to put the fish into a bowl again with fresh water cause I dont want him to get ick and die thank you so much.

I just put him in the bowl and he is swimming around now?? what is this about? its like he can breathe now.

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