Swim bladder disease is usually caused by poor water quality. Even if he is suffering from swim bladder disease, fasting him and giving him peas will not help. Swim bladder disease can sometimes be cured by either soaking all food before feeding, or giving peas for a while. To give peas, cook them, remove the skins, and smush them a bit. Swim bladder disease is usually caused by poor diet, unclean environment or overfeeding.
Goldfish diseases are rarely contracted by humans, or visa versa. Of course the diagnosis is an important part of the overall goldfish care. If you can't make a disease diagnosis see your local vert, or pet store.
Fish which are infected with external parasites will begin to act differently, and may scratch against rocks, or hover near the bottom of the tank. If you do not clean the water on a regular basis, your fish will be much more suspectible to things such as fin rot. The reason is that your pet is being forced to swim in water that is contaminated by its own feces which is essentially ammonia. Fish become susceptible to fin rot when they are kept in poor water conditions, and it is common on fish kept in unfiltered tanks or bowls.
Your local pet store should be happy to help should you suspect something is wrong. Once a fish is sick, you want to take immediate action to prevent the others from getting sick as well. The best thing you can do is know your fish's typical behavior so you can spot it right away when something is off.
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