Goldfish with White Flakey patches on either side?

Question

My Kids Goldfish have white falkey patches on its sides.. doe sanyone know what this is and if so what treatment could we get..

Answer 1

Ask your vet or pet shop, it may be your fish has a disease and requires a solution to put in the water. Also dependes what other fish you have in the tank and whether you have fresh or tropical fish

Answer 2

It's an infection.

You can cure it really cheaply and easily. Go to any bigger pet shop and they'll have bottles of generic fish-get-well stuff you drop into the water. They're only a couple of quid each. I can't remember the name of the brand I used to use, but it had a drawing of a goldfish in a bowl with a bandage on and a thermometer in it's mouth,though all the generic remedies are much of a muchness. You don't need to worry about getting one that treats big flakey patches or little flakey patches. All goldfish ailments can be treated with the same bottle of fish medicine.

It'll only take a couple of days for flipper to get better. It would be worthwhile doing a waterchange before you put the medicine in, just to give him a helping hand.

Hope he gets well soon.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

my friend had this in his tank it is a parsite when he put a new goldfish he got some drops to clean it up. unfortunly his fish have not lost there white spots and they never will books he has read.

saying that white spots that are on the pectoral fins and gill plates does happen to male goldfish during breeding.

Answer 5

it'll be either white-spot if it's small dots or fin-rot if it's big clumps.
You can get 'medicine' to put in the water for both, but it's a case of 'kill-or-cure'.
Go ahead with the treatment anyway, as the infection will live on in the tank and the same will happen to the next fish.

Answer 6

ive got some common diseases here for you read them and see if you can pick it out!!

Ich
Ichtyopthirius is the most common of all the diseases. It is actually a parasite that attaches to the goldfish when they are stressed. When they attach themselves they are feeding off the goldfish, they look like little grains of salt. After a day or two they fall off the goldfish, landing in the gravel. They procede to lay their eggs and then the cycle starts all over again. This can be deadly if not taken care of and they will rapidly reproduce.Ick Photo



Fin Rot
Is a common problem for goldfish when they get an injury to the fins or body. Fin rot is an infection specifically a bacterial infection that occurs when a goldfish is already weak from something else. It appears as a whitish edge on the fins, then the fins rot away looking ragged and torn, sometimes fungus sets in. Most of the time this is easily cured.Fin Rot Photo



Fungus
There are many types of fungi and can be broken down more into different categories. I'm just going to talk about the general fungus and that is normally a white cottony looking stuff that will infect an open wound. This again is a bacterial infection and needs immediate attention.



Constipation
This will happen to your goldfish at some time in its life. Most goldfish are compacted and this causes a problem with there ability to eat and digest things well. Foods high in fat can cause a goldfish to get stopped up just like you and I. Goldfish need green foods from time to time to help digest their foods better. Peas are the best food for them and acts as a mild laxative.Constipation Photo



Dropsy
I'm not going to get into detail about this and there are people out there that can explain this better than I. Dropsy is a bacterial infection that infects the fish from the inside and you will see the scales sticking out from the goldfish's body. Normally when you see this stage of it the goldfish will most likely not live for much longer.Dropsy Photo



Pop Eye
The fishes eye is bulging out of the socket. This is normally the first signs of Dropsy. You can stop it with meds.Popeye photo



Anchor Worm
A white stick like worm will be sticking out of the goldfish with a red ring where it is attached. The fish normally will be rubbing against anything to get rid of it.anchor worms



Fish Lice
This is not a pretty thing to look at, once you see it on your fish you will know what I mean. It's a greenish disk shape creature about 1/5 of an inch wide and attaches itself to the goldfish. The goldfish will be rubbing up against anything to get it off. You will also see red spots where the fish louse was. There is ways of getting rid of them but you must to it fast cause they do reproduce quickly. You can remove them from the fish manualy, then treat the tank for the ones you dont see.



Swim Bladder Disorder
This is not a Disease its a problem. Goldish with is problem have a floating problem either they are sinkers or floaters. The Fancy goldfish in general seem to have this problem. High levels of nitrates, not soaking there food and bad water quality can cause this problem.



Body And Gill Flukes
Excessive slime coat, isolation, clamped fins, scratching and flashing, sores and ulcers as the result of the scratching. With gill flukes, its gasping at the surface, gills being irritated and cloppy looking.



Hole-in-the-head Disease
Small holes appear in the fish's body, usually in the head region. These may gradually develop into tubular eruptions with cream-colored or yellow strings of mucus trailing from them. Fish are lethargic, stop eating and may develop a hollow-bellied appearance. Faeces may become pale and stringy. Lesions may also develop at base of fins and along lateral line, and fins and skin may also erode, body may become milky in appearance and slime coat begins to come off in strands.



Costia
Gasping at the surface, slime patches around head and gills, sudden death (especially in spring), small hemorrhages under chin, spider web kind of lesions.



Trichodina
Irritated skin, flashing and scratching, which can lead to ulcers.



Velvet
Flashing and scratching, thick slime coat, white-yellowish patches on the skin.



Columnaris
Cottony growth or white threads blowing out of mouth, lethargy, clamped fins, thick heavy slime coat, dry skin.



Melanophore Migration
Often a paling of the skin followed by black patches on body, usually on back or sides of fish. Photo: ( Common Goldfish with Melanophore Migration, a week after black spots first began to show.)

Answer 7

Its called White Spot. You get a treatment from the pet shop to add to the water. Do not add new fish to the tank untill the water has been treated as it spreads.

Answer 8

you will get the answer to this from the web. can't remeber the site name but i just entered something like 'goldfish care' into the search. there was one site that showed you pictures that was quite useful. usually these illnesses are parasites or burns from water that has not been treated properly.

Answer 9

No we use to have goldfish, but i cant remember but i dont think it is good, if i were you i would remove it from the others and maybe clean the water out. but phone the vet and keep an eye on the rest. I dont want to worry you, good luck

Answer 10

Fungal infection. Easily treatable. Are the fish kept in a warmish room? In sunlight? this may not be ideal as gold fish are cold water fish.