Goldfish illness?

Question

Hi.
I don't know much about goldfish and I didn't find someone who asked this question.
I noticed something strange around my goldfishes mouth. Its white and a bit stringy. I do not know if he just got something on his mouth or if he's sick.

Answer 1

Hi susan,

Your fish has a fungus infection on his mouth. You can get medication for that at the pet shop that will clear it right up. He probably cut his mouth biting at gravel or decorations in the tank, this happens sometimes and isn't a problem as long as you medicate him soon. Best of luck!

MM

Answer 2

This sounds like an illness, which one is hard to say. Most likely it's a mouth fungus or mouth rot. You can buy medication at any fish/pet supply store to clear this right up. But, if left untreated, it could spread to the other fish in the tank and make way for new diseases and infections. Even if it is just a cut or a sore from something that happened to your fish, you still need to medicate it so that it doesn't evolve into something much worse. Good luck with him and I hope this helps!

Answer 3

Columanris, cottony mouth fungus. Heat the tank to 83 and add an air stone. Put in 1 teaspoon of non-iodized rock salt per gallon tonight. Tomorrow put in 1 teaspoon per gallon in the morning and repeat again in the evening. Leave them like that for 2 weeks. Bring temp back down to 77 no more than 2 degrees per day. Change the water till salt is gone when your done. You may have to start this process with a large 50 to 70 % water change. Columnaris shows up when the water is not clean enough. Please do at least 25% water change and clean the gravel once a week for a goldfish tank. I change 50% once a week. They can die of this.

Answer 4

any glaring issues that should not be there like bumps, buldging eyes, ragged fins, pine cone like scales, lacking scales, cloudy eyes, some thing eroding like gill covers or area of the body, holes and glaring parasites like lice. Behaviours like floating, sinking, twirling, speeding, crashing into issues, the incorrect way up, bottom sitting, fin clamping, respiration heavy, no longer ingesting, hiding, drifting, curling to at least one area, tilting head up or head down, lathargy, putting out by the filter out in or out flow or airator always, conventional yawning, consistent piping on the floor, always conserving the mouth open, flared gills, swelling up, getting skinny regardless of if it eats nicely, darkening shade, washed out searching shade A healthful goldfish must be very lively at the same time as the lights are on for most hours in the course of the day. ought to hover at the same time as napping, no longer sit down on the bottom. ought to beg for foodstuff once you frame of mind at any time. eat nicely. Fins up and out, tender and flowing. sparkling eyes. practise with different goldfish. playing.