i looked at the tank today and i looked closley at him and i saw white fish meat i think he lost some of his scales i am scared that he might die. can you help me figure out what he has?
2007-03-05 05:21:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Not enough info. Do you also have a plecostomus? Pleco can munch on unsuspecting sleeping fish at night. Could have run into something rough in the tank or got stuck on ornaments? Remove all dangerous ornaments, if its not baby smooth, remove it. Don't medicate your tank you could irritate the wound. I would go to www.goldfishconnection.com right now and order Medi-Gold (anti-biotic medicated food) to help him recover. I don't think its a disease it sounds like trauma. If he lost too many scales he may die of infection, that's why you need the food. Good news for ya, I've had a GF get stuck behind a rock and rip off about 12 to 15 scales and he recovered just fine. It took a few months for the scales to grow back but he survived and now you can't even tell. Keep your water prestine and for the next few weeks under feed. Keep the nitrates under 10 ppm. If you have a pleco get rid of it, there is no need for one in a GF tank. That green algea is good for the system, let as much grow as you are willing to live with! I wipe mine only off the front glass and it litierally blankets everything in the tank.
2007-03-05 05:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure your water chemistry is ok, add some general antibiotic to the tank to keep infection from setting in (I use marycin 2) and just wait it out. This has happened to my goldfish a couple of times. Scales do grow back in a few weeks. As long as the fish doesn't have an illness that would cause his scales to fall out he should be fine.
2007-03-05 05:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by rockjock_2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure and do the correct water changes and don't overfeed. Fish don't need as much food as most people think. Also, sometimes stress can cause fish to lose scales.
2007-03-05 06:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by to be announced 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can get some chemicals to put in the water of ur fishtank which targets diseases like the corrosion of scales. Try:
Gold, disease safe
it worked on our two
hope ur fish gets better
2007-03-05 05:26:45 · answer #4 · answered by barbedwireribbons 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi i will do my best well usaually its normal for them to lose thee scae but the skin showing has me a bit concered i would go down and try an antobitic not she what he has unless i am there .sorry but heres what you can do you can take water out of your tank put him in it take it to the pet store and ask them what you should do then let him sit in your tank to get use to it before you let him out if he needs to be treated treat your whole tank
2007-03-05 10:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by davanna m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try calling your local petstore. Explain what is going on and they will recommend the stuff to buy to help it out.
2007-03-05 05:25:53 · answer #6 · answered by Veneta T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be able to get some treatment for it at your petstore.
Shouldn't worry too much, if it's still swimming and feeding it should be ok.
2007-03-05 05:26:51 · answer #7 · answered by Mighty C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just clean the water and do not overfeed.If he is still swimming around,he may get better,
2007-03-05 05:23:43 · answer #8 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a doctor.
2007-03-05 05:24:40 · answer #9 · answered by Sumy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋