What signs show a goldfish is dying?
There are a few answers to this question. One is no sign. Some goldfish can be happily swimming and eating one day and gone the next. 2. Goldfish may show signs like not moving for long periods of time (unless asleep) while sitting at the bottom or floating on the top during odd hours of the day when they are usually up and running. 3. Not eating. Goldfish near to death may stop eating, as if feeling there’s no need to. 4. Showing the dulling of scales. Peoples’ skin and hair dull when aged and so can goldfish. If his once-gleaming, gold/yellow scales seeming as if they were graying, he’s aging and goldfish have the life-span of about 2 years at the most, but is usually lesser.