My fantail goldfish is missing scales and was just floating in one spot yestarday, also he has white hairs? he is still eating and he is more active today. what do think could be wrong?
2006-07-27 02:40:59 · 10 answers · asked by karen! 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Its this bacteria. mine had it too. talk to your petstore near you and they will give you a medicine to cure it.
you also need to clean the tank and treat it so no more bacteria can grow in there.
You can find out exactly what your fish has by visiting this website.
http://fishiezoo.com/articles/diseases.html
2006-07-27 03:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Missing scales isn't much a disease, but some injuies. Ur g-fish may have been bump into sth sharp like glass in Ur tank. Take care of it, fresh water, sufficient food supply, If U like it, U might as well separate it from the others (just in case others bully this patient).
I've had little guppies with broken tails, but I just do what I typed above, & they're all fixed after 1 or 2 months.
Look out, if the scales on Ur fish looks like exploding--they all expand out instead of sticking to the body, that means U have to look for treatment. Go back to the pet shop where U get this fish, & ask for the propriate treatment--a kind of sandy chemic.
Ur fish might was sleeping when it float in one spot. It's great to see him turning back to action again.
Take good care of him> He loves that!
2006-07-27 11:02:43 · answer #2 · answered by Louisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fish has an injury and the white hairs are a fungus growing on it
go to your local pet shop for medicine or you might try a salt
cure, you'll need rock salt (ice cream salt) or aquarium salt
try 1 tablespoon for 10 gallons of water, change the water in 3 or 4 days and add salt again, keep doing this till he's well
2006-07-28 05:06:34 · answer #3 · answered by Loollea 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White hair? no..that probably bacteria..
1. Clean the tank and change clean water.
2. Clean your fish under running water to remove the bacteria
3. Put appropriate fish aid chemical to kill the bacteria
2006-07-27 09:46:12 · answer #4 · answered by Bernard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my fantail goldfish do the samething!!! i asked a pet store about it and got a chemical to put in my tank. they wont get the eact color scale back. mine are org. white and orange and it got sliver scales where that hd happend. so go to ur pet store and they will help ya.
2006-07-27 09:51:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many answers. He could need fungus treatment, he could need spoch remorver, he could be getting old, YOU could need glasses, he might need a cleaner tank, or he is just a strange fish.
2006-07-27 11:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by Alexandria G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hes getting older.
2006-07-27 10:01:17 · answer #7 · answered by Charitha L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is worried about ending up on a Taco...
2006-07-27 09:45:21 · answer #8 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe he needs a water change,
2006-07-27 22:16:12 · answer #9 · answered by mercurycomet19652001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
air in the stomach...use some anti-biotic ...it'll help
2006-07-27 09:45:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋