Finny

Hi I searched for this info but thought I'd start a new thread to talk about specifics. Personally I'm a bit nervous about doing fast water changes let alone chucking in a pile of salt. I keep goldfish, is salt appropriate? This from Pegasus, a moderator on this site: "Get some "SEa Salt" from the supermarket.. (blue bag).. and treat the fish in a container of around one gallon (4.5ltrs) Use one heaped tablespoon of salt to start the first treatment. Leave the fish in the soloution for around ten to twenty minutes.. and watch for signs of undue stress. The next day increase the salt slightly.. and repeat the above. Do this each day for around a week and you will hopefully see some improvement.. plus new fin growth. What the salt does is it strips the old mucus from the fish and promotes new cell growth. " http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq61 ... spital.jpg I understand that salt increases the fish's slime production which protects it yeah?

the lump has gone down, I've done nothing but flush the water in a small quarantine tank. She's eating, swimming happily and peeking out through the gap in her quarantined hospital tank. (I wrapped it to decrease stress) Now it looks more clearly as though someone has had a munch of her dorsal fin. What terrible behaviour! I blame copperguy. How are you going with your treatment piggyvir?

:lol: I think it's about 100 litres my converter says that's 26.4 US gallons

I see that salt treatment is regularly mentioned here, is there a tutorial or article anywhere on the site? I'd hate to overdo it.

Hi I'm littering the site with the same query sorry but I just worked out there was a diseases section. :oops: and if I can find out about this I'd be pleased. (...cont'd from previous) http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq61 ... ollage.jpg This female goldfish has a single cyst on her front dorsal which may also be short or damaged. the cyst kind of 'popped' Just as I was transferring her from an outdoor pond. it had a threadlike part to it, now it has returned to be a white round lump. It seems likely to be fungal. There are white/ pale patches on either side of her body which I think (hope) is descaling from bullying breeding behaviour, is this typical? Otherwise she looks happy enough in her hospital tank. If the whole fish is intrinsically infected I need to worry about all the others though It's not Fungus (Saprolegnia) sounds more like a description of Ichthyosporidium can anyone tell me if this is rare common or likely?

I can't see his fins there? but he seems like a robust kind of guy. Thanks livingart. I'm a bit nervous about dabbing yet, I always feel bad about moving them around. I'll give it a bit longer and see if her sides are healing.. I've only just realized that there is a diseases section here! Well I'm learning a lot by googling stuff too but I don't know... do the fish actually eat at eachother when they're harrassing? Is that how they get damaged? I didn't know goldfish could be so fierce! And if it is just a bit of scale loss how long does it take to grow back?

thanks both Caryl and piggyvir I hope the marks on its sides aren't fungal, I've just been looking at some horrible images of fish fungus. I'm guessing I should treat for fungus anyway. flukes seems to be a type of flatworm parasite pretty sure it's not that one or if it's this then it sounds like it's too late: Ichthyosporidium, sounds the closest description so far, but the reading I've done says if a cyst is showing then its already riddled with it. yukky Does the picture look like a common result of bullying to any wise eyes? or could it be completely fungalafied? I don't think it's the 'cotton' variety of fungus as I've only seen one cyst and no other fluff. Hmmm thoughts... seems like a serious fish disease if that's what it is. How did it get in my pond? From the shop? tune in for the ongoing saga... does goldy get medication or... the fridge

I'm writing about this issue in the coldwater section now. Hope to clarify

oh hi again Caper and thanks again I noticed it when I pulled her out of the pond less than a week ago. It looked like a bubble bursting with some kind of frill or spore coming out of the bubble, in 24 hours it had settled down to just being a lump again, and it's still there. She's quarantined while I take stock of what's going on. She suffered from breeding season in the pond, and I think this is why she's lost scales on her sides too. I hope that's right, anyway. A fungal problem that bad could be devastating. Disconcerting, but fungal or parasitic? or something else? has her dorsal fin ben damaged? I don't know much about what she looked like before, but it seems short to that point. They're all in new tanks fresh and refreshed water now. With a few plants and more on the way. I transferred them carefully and they all seem happy enough.

these are my fish ( I know nothing special to most of you ) :oops: but I have grown to quite like them http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq61 ... rofish.jpg :-?

Thanks for yr interest Caper I originally thought the fish could just live in the little pond outside and protect us from Mozzies, then I discovered that there was a quite a science to fish-keeping even with goldfish. Then ...well the pond leaked and was too shallow, and got way too much sun but only for part of the day and way too many leaves and threatened to become putrid. I've been flushing it manually using the hose, using additives, and a few times cleaned the whole thing out. Now my little boy is walking (running diving) I don't have the capacity, anyway we're shifting. Also it's safer and more interesting for the littlies to have a defined boundary between our world and the fish's world!! The pond idea is great but I'd rather plan my own or inherit one that has had some thought behind it. The tank is 900 x 300 x 300 the fish are all between 1 and 18 months do you think size is ok?

We have a silly new burmese in the neighbourhood who calls to the fish at night.... prrow? prrow? and the kingfisher will be back too, glad we're heading indoors.

The spot was definately fluffy the day before yesterday when she came out of the pond, it looked like it was infectious and exuding kind of feathery bits.. they've gone now. I hope this is a bit interesting to someone. Otherwise I'm off to the vet anyway. I'll post here about how I go in case it's helpful to others. thanks

Good progress with deformities... What a motley crew Comet? I think my guy is a short finned longbody brown goldfish. Either that or he's been bred with a trout. The Blackmoor should have analfins. Maybe his other one will turn up. I'm not sure if the others are officially fans or veils, I'll work that out. But I am worried about my goldy with the wierd spot. Will she be ok do you think?

Hi everyone, my goldfish are one year old mostly. Maybe I should've posted here for my queries but I posted in coldwater section because my fish has a single wart or cist on it's the front of its dorsal. http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq61 ... ollage.jpg Does this look familiar to anyone?

as I suspected, but the dorsal fin on my comet? how abnormal is that?

Hi everyone this is my first post so allow me to introduce ... http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq61 ... rofish.jpg I am a fish novice, although I've been watching them for a while. If anyone does feel like giving me a helping hand that would be great. I've looked around the site and am using the search engine too. What I'm most unclear about is the high deformity rate. Are all goldfish often a bit deformed? or just mine? In which case Yikes, -what have I done to them?? I suspect that I have 4 males 2 females but only one I'm sure about is this one who is suffering from being mercilessly chased around the pool. http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq61 ... ollage.jpg I think she subsequently has scale loss and a secondary fungal infection which is that funny spot on the dorsal. Yesterday it was billowing with more of an anenome effect, so she's quarantined for now. Am I right??? http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq61 ... lyfish.jpg This one is well enough but has a really strange line to the tail and back, it's permanently twisted and my Blackmoor has an extra fin which I can't for the life of me get a picture of Up the top though there's a picture of 'copperguy' who is a comet. I thought he was anyway. In the pic you can see his unusual dorsal fin shape, and a little bit sticking out further down. It's hard to believe he's been nibbled -he's the biggest guy in the tank and responsible for much of the aforementioned breeding aggro. Fish photography's quite tricky I realize. With copperguy, I'm nervous about a fungal issue because they're all transitioned in a new tank. I'm off to search for salt treatment advice, but maybe they'll all feel better in their new aquarium? I hope so.

Hello everyone, thankyou admins and those responsible for this site. I've had my fish for over a year in an outdoor pond, and I've wished for a site like this several times. Now I've brought them in and got a closer look at them I see they are a motley crew indeed In fact they're weird looking and deformed and quite fantastic and one of them has a very odd growth on it.... as well they're more personable than I expected and more interactive too and quite nice I'm looking forward to learning a lot and sharing and just watching how it's done but I'm going straight over to the 'help what have I got myself into' section to ask for advice now.