i found a puff of white something on my goldfish near the gills. wat shld i do?

Question

it looks ...quite "cottony".

it looks ...quite "cottony".

Answer 1

Ok, a few things come to mind. You say puff like it's cottony looking or something so I will go with that idea and rule out ick, coloration changes and breeding spots on a male.

This leave columnaris or fungus. Look closely at the spots and see if they look perfectly round and are reddish in the middle. If so that's columnaris, if not, it's a fungus

Treat the fungus with malachite green. Lots or fungus or ick medicines have this in them. Even if it's labeled an ick medication it will still kill the fungus. Treat for 10 days or for 2 days after the fungus appears to be gone, which ever is longer.

Treat columnaris with Furanace or if you can't get that go with Maracyn. Treat according to the package but for 2 weeks. Remember to remove the carbon from the filter while you treat. This treatment will also require you to cycle the tank again after you are done. Watch closely for rising ammonia levels as you treat and expect them after you treat for a few weeks.

Best of luck

MM

Answer 2

Definately fungus, there are a number of drugs obtainable at your LFS or puppy save, maximum fugus drugs contain cupric sulfate which will injury and probable kill any decorative snails (apple, secret, ramshorn etc) or different mollusks inclusive of clams. in case you dont have those as tank pals, you may handle the whole tank, merely be useful to do away with the carbon out of your clear out. Cupric sulfate is incredibly secure on your bio clear out besides. If after a week of medical care, you dont see consequences, that's quite helpful to attempt a better drugs inclusive of marycyn2, this could injury your bio clear out, so which you would be greater effective off to establish a medical institution tank on your goldie. As magic guy stated the faster you handle the greater effective the medical care would be. undesirable water high quality is often responsible for fungal outbreaks. you may desire to attempt your water for ammonia, Nitrites & Nitrates ammonia & nitrites could desire to be stored at 0ppm and nitrates decrease than 40ppm... in case you do no longer opt for to shell out the money for the try kit, maximum close by fish shops will try your water for you. in case you keep the water high quality in the perfect perameters, your tanks could desire to be free of ailment & infections. good success!

Answer 3

Male goldfish will develop white pimples and leading edges of the fins when they are about to spawn. If its 3 years or older it may happen more than once a year...

Infections can be treated with salt water in an isolation tank -- read about how to do this carefully.

Answer 4

if it is a "cottony" puff it is body fungus. if it is just spots of white it is ick. both are treatable with the right meds.

Answer 5

Go to the pet store and buy a fungicide it sounds like "ick". Tell the clerk, they will direct you to a good product, they have charts you can look at to identify the fungus.

Answer 6

Go to Pet Smart and they will give you what you need to get your fish better. And there are some preventative medicines you can put in the tank to prevent diseases from happening.

Answer 7

Sounds like ICK...They make an antibiotic that you can add to the water and it will go away in a few days.

Answer 8

I have a fish dieing form it right now it's Ich and there is nothing i can do for till tomorrow

Answer 9

its called 'ick' (may not be spelled right) but they have stuff at the pet store you can buy, if you don't do it soon it will probably not be able to recover.

Answer 10

Definetly shoudl flush that down the toilet..

Just kidding! bury it in the garden