What gold looks more yellow?

My oranda gold fish looks like he has survived what should i do now ?

• i had 2 gold fish but one fish died and 2nd one was little inactive and had stopped eating....I removed the dead fish and cleaned the tank. Later after 2 days 2nd gold fish was lying on top but was still alive. I then took the fish out in small bowl in fresh water and then pumped some air with a straw. This helped and then later i saw that the fish started to get it's balance and little more breathing. My original tank is cleaned now but the water is still new from tap and is not recycled. So what should i do now. Do i keep the fish in small bowl for 1 or 2 day more and then transfere to the tank ?

• Answer:

  Either place you have it will have "uncycled" conditions, but in the tank, there would be more water volume to dilute his wastes. I would move him to the tank, as long as you treated the water with conditioner to remove chlorine/chloramine, and it's about the same temperature as what he's in. If he's still in water from the tank, or he's been in the bowl for more than a day, siphon out 1/4 of the water in the bowl, and put in water from the tank, then wait a few minutes. Do this about 3 times. Since he's either in the old water or new wastes have built up (and pH dropped as a result), this will let him adjust to the new water more gradually. Buy a test kit if you don't have one, and keep an eye on the ammonia and nitrite until the tank cycles again. If you still have the old gravel and filter pad, and these stayed wet and you didn't clean these in chlorinated water, there should still be some bacteria on these to help start the cycle again.