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blackmoore
06-10-2003, 2:55 PM
have a chocolate oranda with a nasty red sore on its bottom back fin, there is also a 1cm spikey thing comming out of it, have to tried remove it with no luck. any ideas?
goldfish freak
06-15-2003, 1:26 PM
A great site om koi and goldfish health is this one http://koivet.com/ Look up what your fish has on this site, it will help alot more than I could here.
biged24
10-11-2005, 6:29 PM
The red sore is your amonia is too high you need more bacteria added to your tank to counter act the amonia. As for the spike thing I would have to see it. My fancy goldfish had the same problem red sores but I treated it with bacteria and it healed up.
mvigor
10-11-2005, 7:35 PM
Biospira is the name of a product that adds beneficial bacteria to an uncycled aquarium. It must be bought cold and must have been always kept cold straight from the factory where it was produced. Once it warms up, it dies.
You're not treating the fish's wound with bacteria, but adding bacteria helps the aquarium grow the invisible beasts necessary to digest the fish's ammonia output and with the ammonia gone the sore can heal.
Doing water changes works just as well, but will take a lot longer.