Tia Maria Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Hi all. Am looking for some advice please - any would be appreciated! Hokay - about 6 months ago I had a large fantail who died after a long illness of what I suspect was TB - weird I know, but she displayed every possible symptom. To fastforward ... I now have 2 x sick fish! At first I thought it was TB as the first of the sick fishies was displaying a slack tail, black spots under its scales (he is bright orange with no colouring) and a fungus which I initially thought was whitespot. I treated the fish for whitespot and then salt tonic, but that seems to encourage the fungus to bloom into a cloud like substance. The black spots are weird too - they look like hair shafts under the skin! This fish has been out of the tank for nearly two weeks being treated and he appears perkier, but the symptoms have not disappeared. Tonight I noticed a second fish is not doing too well! He is gold and has these weird looking lesion type wounds on his rear shank (they almost mirror each other on both sides). The lesions are approx .5cm width and are made up of paralell lines - they have occurred pretty quickly as I check them each night! The scales seem to still be there, but the lesions look festered and red. He also has the white fungus (I have been treating the tank with salt tonic and whitespot treatment too) but not the spots or slack tail. The tank is 300 litre Jebo and I do a weekly gravel vac and water change. I have also had quite a bit of algae but have been treating it with a weekly tank scrub and algae reducer. This keeps it at bay for 2-3 days and then it slowly creeps back ... One strange thing about the tank I've noticed is that the filter outlet (where the filtered water returns into the tank) does not sit under the water so it creates quite a current which I suspect creates some stress. I've asked a number of LPS's if they have additional fittings to eliminate this but without success. Sorry I've unloaded so many questions in here! Hopefully someone will be able to shed some light from previous experience. Thank you in anticipation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Hmm not sure I can help but I do have some comments. The only thing I could find about black spots was; 1. Fish has suffered a chemical burn and is now healing. Check water conditions. 2. A parasitic infection by flatworms called Uvilifer ambloplitis. It requires an immediate host though (like birds) and is only found in ponds. Neither of these seems to fit your fish. When a fish suddenly develops identical lesions I immediately assume it has been chased, or frightened, into a space too small for it to fit and it has damaged itself in the attempt to escape. Do you have an ornament it used to fit into easily but is now too big to do so? I do not know anything about algae treatments but wonder if it is affecting the fish. I have heard of it doing so but do not know what the symptoms are. Goldfish do not object to current so, unless they are trying to hover as far away from the flow as possible, it won't be stressing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tia Maria Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Thank you for your response, I really appreciate it. Unfortunately my orange fantail died The night prior I had decided he was well enough to return to the tank, but the next morning I woke and he was no longer alive. The good news is that I have kept the water nice and clear and treated the tank water with melafix and the lesions on my other fish have completely healed - bizzare! Anyhow, many thanks again for your advice and support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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