DonnaM Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Todays turtle rescue involved emptying a filthy pond to locate the turtle...so the giant goldfish which was also in there ended up in a little bucket of filthy water travelling over earthquake damaged roads from Taylors Mistake to my place...... It seems to have survived the ordeal, but it has some growths on the fins. Will they affect the fish? Grow and kill the fish? What do I do with the fish! It already has a shredded tail fin from the turtle, so I don't want to put it with any of the other turtles. My spare pond gets very warm and isn't that large....and is full of watercress and O2 weed to feed the turtles.....so not too much room for a big fish! Any ideas??? Also the fish has white spots on its head. Are these normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 There is nothing wrong with the fish at all. The growth on the fins indicate that it's a male and the white spot on the head is normal too. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Yay! That's what I was hoping..... Thank-you! So now to find it a nice healthy pond to live in Almost forgot...it has a few missing scales...well quite a few patches of missing scales, but I figure they will recover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Yes, it will recover. Best to do a salt bath on the fish to rid the parasite since it came from a dirty pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Yes, it will recover. Best to do a salt bath on the fish to rid the parasite since it came from a dirty pond. Ok..so how do I do that? :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Half fill a bucket with water and add a handfull of salt . Put the fish into the bucket for about a minute or till the fish flip over, Which ever come first. When the fish flip over take it out and put it back into the tank or pond. The fish will recover very quickly. The salt water will strip the slime coating off the fish . Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Thank-you...I'd never have known that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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