Kellz Posted October 12, 2002 Report Share Posted October 12, 2002 I recently got a common commet... First I noticed he/she had lost a few scales.. I wasn't too woried... maybe due to knocking them off... However three months on about 6 scales and missing and the tail seem to have a split in it.. This tank is a fully cycled 50gal, is this fungal? The fish is fine.. do I deed to treat it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 12, 2002 Report Share Posted October 12, 2002 If it was any of my fish I'd say it was probably due to fighting. But, I don't know much about goldfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 hmm, 3 mths is quite a while. u'ld expect it to heal by now Kellz. can u tell us more about the tank? who else is in it? like Ira said, we have to rule out trauma. have u seen it being bullied by the others? also, any water parameters? ammonia, nitrite? slightly elevated levels can impede wound healing..... what about diet? low vit C etc can slow the healing process. what do u feed it? how long has it been opened? where do u store it? well, if it's perfectly healthy now, i would do a salt dip just to rule out any skin parasites/bacteria or fungus that mayb impeding its healing. If it still doesn't respond in 2 weeks, and the water, diet n truama has been ruled out, we have to consider using a more potent drug like formalin to rule out other bugs. any nonhealing wounds should elad us to think of fish TB.......let's hope it responds to the salt dips.. check your PM.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellz Posted October 13, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 2 other comets, one slightly larger one half the size... no fighting seen no ammonia, nitrites, 7ppm nitrates food is 2 months old.. nutrafin goldfish flakes, stored in a draw in my bedroom.. dry as and cold she is growwing like anything... everytime i see her she looks bigger I'll go to LFS and get aquarium salt next weekend.. as for this TB can humans get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellz Posted October 13, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 man i must sound hopeless.. all these sick fish of mine.... its not as if i dont do water changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 I am sure most of us have been responsible for a few fishy deaths . The important thing is you are willing to read, learn and ask questions. It is not always your fault when a fish dies either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 Kellz, if it makes you feel better, my count is up around 100 fish dead in less than two years. Including one that I found today, jumped out of the tank and ended up cooked and dried on top of the glass under the lights. Most of those were in two big die offs of a tank of guppies, 2-3 dozen deaths each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 Ira said... > ... Including one that I found today, jumped out of the tank > and ended up cooked and dried on top of the glass under > the lights. Known in the killifish hobby as a 'crispy critter' :-) Killies are very prone to jumping out of any available hole, especially when they're new to a tank... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 This particular crispy critter was a glass bloodfin. My killies are all happy and alive...Well, they would be if I hadn't put them on a diet, they've all got enormous bellies. Fat little fishies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 Yeah Kellz, don't worry, it happens to all of us. let's see, my latest victim was a red-devil bout 3 wks ago....it got beaten up real bad, n i must have overdosed it with antibiotics........It probably would still b alive had i just left it alone. by the way, definitely recommend the salt dip. might as well treat all 3 comets. it's most likely to b some skin bug slowing down the healing rate since your water n diet is good. yes, we can get fish TB. it's usually relatively mild n rare. if u have cuts or wounds on your fingers/hands, and contact infected aquarium water, u can get so called fish fingers. basically a lumpy nodular growth. there is no cure except surgical excision. it's kinda rare anyway, but just to play safe, try not to do fishy stuff when u've got cuts n wounds on your hands, esp when u've got fish TB confirmed at postmortem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted October 14, 2002 Report Share Posted October 14, 2002 Wayne wrote... > yes, we can get fish TB. it's usually relatively mild n rare. A friend of mine in California had a case of 'fishkeepers finger', he says it was painful and took a long time to clear up. He was on expensive (like NZ$25 a day) antibiotics for something like 6 months. At one stage he had a web page with photos but that seems to have gone now :-( Definitely not something you want to mess with. Have a look on the web, search for Mycobacterium marinum. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellz Posted October 14, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2002 Heh, I'm kinda freaked now.. for now on after doing 'fishey' stuff, ill wash my hands throughly.... Just a scare past few weeks of coughing up blood.. first fought Tb hahha turned out to be lung infection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipdoan Posted November 9, 2002 Report Share Posted November 9, 2002 kellz i guess the more you ask the more you learn, basically when i began my tropcial set up, i always had problems with my water but that was 3 years ago lol. everything is great now i get about a death every 6 months even longer, just bascially reading opinions and articles will help you improve you fish experience. and to solve you goldfish problems there are those that have posted and said that there might be fighting happening, and to ensure that it is not helping get a container or something for it to go in and feed it, leave it in there for a week or so and check if the fish's scales have returned. but if you are really cautious and worried about it maybe go to a lfs and buy some medcation, any would probably do because its seems that golfish respond to medication pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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