Deb Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Hi everyone. I have my community hat on again and have now taken the local hair salons fish under my wing as they were having huge problems... The story goes the tank they had 5 big goldfish in cracked over night and leaked out all the water - in the morning the girls came in and all fish lying on gravel with no water so they thought they were all dead. After a couple of hours they started cleaning up the carnage and VOILA two big goldfish were still alive!!! They got a new tank about 180 litres, filled it up with tap water (no ager) chucked in 7 big gold fish and also shouted them a new filter. I got a call about a month later to say fish weren't looking good. Fish were lifeless and hanging around the top of the tank gulping. I did water parameters and of course ammonia and nitrite were sky high. Explained the nitrogen cycle to them and the importance of water changes etc and also positioned the new filter to work correctly so it blew bubbles. Also noticed a large tape worm in the gravel so the vets gave the girls some worming treatment for their food over seven days. Today I got a call (3 weeks on) to say that 3 of the fish have black edges on their tails and fins, one has some red veins along the tail as well as the black tinges. Also the large black goldie has a badly shredded tail. Water parameters are good, PH 6.8, ammonia and nitrite 0 and nitrate 10. Please help with any suggestions of what this might be or whats caused it. They have some Furan 2 coming tomorrow and a pet shop suggested it could be blood poisoning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixiejanet Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Sounds like Finrot due to poor water upkeep...you need a fungus/finrot med...like interpet8...Also need extra aeration when using this product! Goldies need to be in ponds or HUGE tanks...I have two in a 48"x12"x15" and that is fully stocked...they grow to 10" or more if kept well, tho ` most are abused and poorly kept in too small a tank which stunts their growth and causes early death.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustcooktea Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 I know that ammonia poisoning can cause black edges on the fins. There is a good chance that the problems were caused by them living through the tank cycle. I think red in the fins can result from the nitrite rise. With water conditions now good and the tank cycled they will hopefully recover. MCT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixiejanet Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 hope so, love Goldies a lot!! Cant bear to put mine in a pond!! and they should be... Hope those ones get better!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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