Why is my baby golf fish lifeless?

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Today we bought a baby Shubunkin Goldfish, we have a 20 lt fish tank what we set up 2 weeks ago. I have been reading and to my disgust I found that the ppl at the pet shop did not ask me if my water is circulated ! I probably did mess up, I wont say that I did not, but Now I have a tiny little fish life less in the bottom off the tank. its Not swimming unless u touch the water or walk right up to the tank. I dont have any testing equipment to see if my water is right or not. Altho when we set the fish tank up I did follow the instructions. We bought a common gold fish 3 weeks ago in a separate tank. Little Spike is doing great. happy and healthy. My son is sitting at the fish tank crying thinking his fishy is dying. HOW do I save the little thing ?
 
Your tank is far too small for a shubunkin goldfish. Actually it is too small for any goldfish. The minimum for juvenile goldfish is 80L with double the filtration.

The water isn't circulating, so I assume you don't have a filter. All fish require a filter, and without one your tank is no better than a bowl- Stagnant, poor water quality with little oxygen.

The shubunkin is suffering from severe poor water quality and probably suffocating.
~The only thing you can do (until you return/rehome/buy a proper set up) is to perform daily partial water changes of 50%

As for the common goldfish, he is likely more robust than the shubunkin, but unless he has at least a twenty gallon tank with heavy filtration, he doesn't have what he needs.

Common goldfish require at least 55 gallons as adults, and double the filtration. They should grow at least a foot long.
 
my suggestion is to test the water :( if you can't do that, at least change the water. look at the fish and tell me if there are any strange signs, like darkening gills, shorter dissintegrating tails or fins, white dots on its body, black blotches on its body, bigger cloudy eyes, cotton-like fungus on its body, protruding scales (look above the fish to see this) . it could be sick
 
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