My fish are dying =(?

Question

I have a tank with 3 goldfish and 2 angels, one angel and one goldfish died last night and know I'm noticing the other three are sick. Thay have tiny white dots on them. Do you know what this can be and how can a help them? I'm always careful that the water is clean and I feed them several time a day, I take good care of them. I just got them one month ago. HELP.

Answer 1

the tank isnt warm enough the same thing happened 2 me just put warm water in the tank cause they life in the tropical ereas

Answer 2

Well for starters - your fish have a parasite (not a Fungus or Bacteria like some of the others have claimed) known as Ich.

Ich is an Ectoparasite that has 3 different stages. If your fish have very small white spots on them (kind of like someone salted them) then you definitely have Ich. However - buying meds at this point is a waste of money because the parasite is not vulnerable to meds in this stage. Once the white spots have fallen off the fish - they go down into your gravel/substrate and begin an encysted stage where a single Ich parasite multiples up to 2,000 different ones. Once they become free swimming - they are vulnerable to meds/salt, but not before that point.

I just got through treating one of my tanks with Maracide Concentrate by Virbac Animal Health, and Evaporated Sea Salt. All you honestly need though is Salt. If you have a biolocial filter which has carbon in it , and treat with meds, you will need to take them out all together (because if you don't they will just remove your medication from the water). Salt by itself however you don't need to do anything but put it in and raise the water temp.

Salt, and raising the water temp to 85-86 degrees (provided your species of fish can tolerate that temp) is the best way to treat this mess. I wish I would have had the article out on Wiki before I started my treatment. Could have saved a ton of time and money had I done that. I'll post it for you here in my sources. The guy who wrote this truly is the Internet authority on Ectoparasitic treatments. Just use Evaporated Sea Salt, and warmer water and you will be ok. Go to the website in my sources and read the article out there. You will have a full understanding (more than you ever wanted to know) once you read it.

Good luck to you!

Answer 3

You shouldn't keep goldfish and angelfish together. Angelfish require a temp. around 80-85 F and goldfish require a temp. around 65-73 F.
The white spots are probably ich or some kind of bacterial infection. Increase the temperature to 80-85 F and add in some aquarium salt. You'll need to start conducting a 15-20% water change daily with a gravel vacuum in order to disrupt the parasite's life cycle. You'll need to do this for about two weeks.
Also reduce feeding. Several times a day is too much and it should really be brought down to just one.

Answer 4

Ich is a protozoan disease that is often called 'white spot disease.' The scientific name for the disease is ichthyophthiriasis and the causative agent is Ichthyophthirius multifiliis. It is wide spread in all freshwater fish but appears to be more common in aquarium fish, possibly due to the closer contact and stress involved with aquarium species.

The symptoms of ich are very evident and usually include characteristic white spots on the body and gills.
Some of the best treatments historically have been formalin or malachite green, or a combination of the two.
Because the life cycle is temperature-dependent and the ich can only be killed in the tomite stage, you will want to raise the tank temperature to 78-80°F over 48 hours to speed the cycle of tomite formation and release. Theoretically, if the cycle takes four days to complete at this temperature, then the treatment should be complete in 4 days. On the other hand, if the temperature is much colder, for example at 60°F, the treatment would need to last for several weeks or longer.

Medication destroys the beneficial bacteria in your tank which means after the treatment you will battle with nitrite spikes and then nitrate spikes.
I have successfully trated Ich by raising the temp and adding aquarium salt. Some fish are sensitive to salt, so it does depend on the fish. I add about 1 tablespoon per gallon. It usually works though if the fish have not already been badly affected.

Answer 5

That is a parasite called Ick. First off you should not have angels with goldfish. Goldfish are a cold water fish and angels are tropical. You need to get a product for Ick. Turn your water temp up and take any filter cartridges out of your tank. Treat your tank for 3 days. You may still lose your fish due to stress. If you lose all your fish you will need to totally clean your tank with bleach water before introducing any new fish to your tank.

Answer 6

Stop feeding them so much feed them once every like 3 or 4 days they do not need that much food. I have 9 goldfish and we haven't feed them anything but leaves for the last year and a half. When cleaning the tank only take half the water out so you do not ruin their habitat. Also get your water tested and then buy some cycle it takes away the unneeded nitrates and helps keep the water clean.

Answer 7

The water quality in your tank isn't good and they have become weak allowing them to contract ich (a parasite). Don't feed your fish for thee days. Change half of the water now, and again in three days. Treat the tank with freshwater aquarium salt (one teaspoon/gallon). Add it to your tank now and to all the water you add when doing a water change. In future, feed about half of what you have been (all fish beg, but a hungry fish is a healthy fish). Ich has a fairly long life cycle, and it can take a few weeks to fully eradicate it from your tank.
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Answer 8

First of all, angels and goldfish, two different water conditions, they shouldn't be in the same tank at all.
Two, white spots usually mean a fungus infection, most likely ich, but you can't be sure. What i do at the sign of fungus or bacteria is add Maroxy, just in case.
And you should only feed a little bit of food at a time, 1-2 times a day.
And make sure you have good parameters, and a good filter.

Answer 9

That is a fungus that is growing on them. Go to your pet store and ask them about remedies for that. It seems that you are feeding them too much, limit food to one or twice a day and do no feed more that they can take in five minutes. Goldfish are great ammonia producers, so it will be good if you buy an ammonia test kit and check on that too. Good luck!

Answer 10

they have ick go to walmart go buy ick rid asap they die within days they are eaten alive