i have had fungus of sorts in my tank for a while, since i bought cheap feeder fish. there has been white fuzzy splotches on only the two goldfish, and just recently a little fin rot on one of them. however, this afternoon all my fish were swimming, and 5 hours later i find a minnow that had been perfectly fine without no tail whatsoever. the entire tail is just gone, from tip to base. i could see wat seemed to be the fin supports waving in the water for a little bit, and then he got stuck in the filter. i know it's the end for this little guy, but it's very depressing and he isn't going quick like i hoped. anyway, does anyone have any ideas about where his tail went?
2007-04-24 18:45:58 · 7 answers · asked by lordessdanioz 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
uhm, i only have 6 "rosy red" minnows including the (hopefully now dead) one and two goldfish. i've seen the other minnows nip at the goldfish, and one goldfish nip at the other goldfish, but that's about it. plus the nippy goldfish seems to be on it's deathbed from the fungus so i doubt it has energy to bite.
2007-04-24 18:58:33 · update #1
here's another way to ask this question; can fin rot remove an entire healthy tail in less than 5 hours?
(btw i already am dosing the tank with pimafix)
2007-04-24 19:00:23 · update #2
it's definitely not ich, and i never said it was nor suspected it was...where did u guys get that idea? its fuzzy splotches not white spots...>.<
2007-04-25 12:13:57 · update #3
no it cant rot the tail off that fast, it is your other fish picking at the weaker fish simple as that. you really have to be carefull with putting feeder fish into an aquarium your seeing first hand the possable negative results. sounds like your doing all you can but next time when you see one or two sick fish or one who is getting nipped up pretty badly take them out and put them in a seperate tank untill they have recovered, this will avoid long drawn out deaths, even if they still die at least they wont be being sucked into the filter intake or nipped at by other fish. good luck.
2007-04-24 19:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by None 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The white fuzzy splotches do not sound like ich and if they have had this for a while, chances are if it were ich, they would be dead by now and other fish could have become infected.
It could be a fungus of of some type. It is good you are treating the tank now. It will also help with the regrowth of the fins. One of the other fish could have munched his tail very easily. Fin rot would not make his tail fall off that quickly. As long as the nipper stays away the tail will heal.
2007-04-25 11:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tail Rot & Fin Rot
Symptoms: Disintegrating fins that may be reduced to stumps, exposed fin rays, blood on edges of fins, reddened areas at base of fins, skin ulcers with gray or red margins, cloudy eyes.
Tail and fin rot appears to be a bacterial infection of the tail and/or fins and may be caused by generally poor conditions, bully, or fin nipping tankmates. If aquarium conditions are not good an infection can be caused from a simple injury to the fins/tail. Tuberculosis can lead to tail and fin rot. Basically, the tail and/or fins become frayed or lose color. Over time the affected area slowly breaks down.
First, attempt to ascertain the cause. Then treat accordingly. Also, treat the water or fish with antibiotics. If added to the water, use 20 - 30 mg per liter. If the fish is to be treated add an antibiotic to the food. With flake food, use about 1% of antibiotic and carefully mix it in. If you keep the fish hungry they should eagerly eat the mixture before the antibiotic dissipates. Antibiotics usually come in 250 mg capsules. If added to 25 grams of flake food, one capsule should be enough to treat dozens of fish. A good antibiotic is chloromycetin (chloramphenicol) or tetracycline. If you feed your fish frozen foods or chopped foods, try to use the same ratio with mixing. As a last resort add at most 10 mg per liter of water. Also, if unkempt conditions are the suspected cause, correct it.
2007-04-24 18:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh my, that is . . . Peculiar. It's no longer poisonous or some thing, I've heard that it is honestly lovely nutritious. I doubt there may be any intent to fear. The simplest case could be if fish by some means are not able to tolerate it. Maybe it is allergic...
2016-09-05 23:13:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feeder fish are NOT good pets. Most are diseased. The fish got stuck in the filter intake after it got too weak to swim. Dump out the water and start fresh with healthy fish.
2007-04-24 19:00:22 · answer #5 · answered by DAGIM 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ok. the white spots are called "ich" or "ick" its a really common fish disease. its kinda like chicken pox in humans, it makes them itchy. they will twitch, have swim spurts, they may hold their fins in close to their bodies. all you need to buy is "ich be gone" or "ich guard" its at any petstore. maybe walmart. a small bottle is only 3 dollars. instructions are always on the bottle. its a hard disease to get rid of. ive had no luck :( hope you do
2007-04-24 21:08:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
are your other fish aggressive?? i had 2 goldfish who bit holes in each other and both died from it
2007-04-24 18:54:36 · answer #7 · answered by MissCrys 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋