could it be white spot??

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Its just died. This is the 8th fish iv lost to fin rot in my fish keeping time and I have never had success.
Thank you everyone for your help!

dont flush him- sometimes they apprea dead but they are still alive

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he is not flushed don't worry still in the tank. I just have not seen his gills or mouth move in an hour and Im not holding out much hope.

thats so sad poor little guy. is the white stuff cotton-y? like cotton wool stuck to him?

my guys are way to big to flush, they would block the toilet

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i was like slime that accumulated through the day. Like a caccoon kinda like you see with parrot fish. He floating belly up at the top of the tank non responsive. I think he has gone.

so sorry it does sound bad

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Its all good iv calmed down. I had had him for a while. Clearly the quality of fish is falling. I had two fish in one of those tiny round plastic bowls when I was like 8. No filter no nothing and never had one problem with them. And one of them passed away 2 years ago and the other passed away just last year. They had lost all pigmentation and so were white almost see through they were so old.
Think am going to start investigating other more private businesses and aquariums for fishes.

Most goldfish sold in UK aquatic stores originate from fish farms in the Far East (Singapore springs to mind, where the ornamental aquatics trade is a big business) where the fish are bred in huge numbers.

The quality of the fish varies, but one of the main problems is that suppliers and aquatic stores fail to pick out poor specimens and don't exercise correct quarantine protocols.

Genetic problems are also a big problem for the aquatics trade, however it is impossible to avoid the occasional inbred specimen.