Hi guys, i'm really in a fix with what is exactly wrong with my fantail goldfish. I have posted before on having problems with white spots appearing on fins, after searching and getting advice that this wasn't ich and to try a salt treatment to see how things go, i'm yet again back where i started.
These spots come and then fade after about a week, they dont appear to give her any problems but they are getting more regular now (see picture 1 on spots that she had on 18/07/09)
They got better a week later then i hit a big problem. Her left side seemed a little swollen then the next morning i woke to see her not using her pectoral fin and a white spot on her side. It looked like a spot humans get you could see under her scales the core all raised with a white head breaking through (pic 2) she was eating fine but very low a not moving much due to the location where it was. I went to my local pet shop and was advised to treat with a bacterial med (king british bacterial control) i added this then realised the next day that maybe this was internal? and since the thing had changed and was weeping the next day (pic 3) went to another (better) fish expert who looking at the photo said it could be an ulcer. I was given king british internal bacteria meds and adviced to add carbon and pull the remaining meds out do a water change remove carbon then start new treatment, also adding melafix. As it weeped and shrunk she used her fin more and it was almost gone within 5days just a scab grey mark left now.
The meds are a two dose meds so i added the second as it was clearing but yet again new spots came on her tail fin again (pics 4&5) also at this time her side started to swell again (you can see in pic4) and she had pop eye that morning that went later in the day. The swelling got worse and i thought it could be dropsy since part of her scales where sticking up, so after the second dose and four day rest before being able to add again i continued using melafix i have just put my last dose in and she has developed these spots again where she was swollen, two spots near each other that have merged together now, this is weeping again today like before and she also has the spots on her tail fin again (pics 6&7) shes eating fine and is behaving normal doesn't seem ill at all, but i just dont know what to do or what it is i'm dealing with?
sorry for the long question guys, also her tank is a 22gallon shes lives in it alone and all water quality is good no ammonia, no nitrite, 10ppm nitrate, answered all this and tank maintenance in last post if you want to check.
Please help guys.
These spots come and then fade after about a week, they dont appear to give her any problems but they are getting more regular now (see picture 1 on spots that she had on 18/07/09)
They got better a week later then i hit a big problem. Her left side seemed a little swollen then the next morning i woke to see her not using her pectoral fin and a white spot on her side. It looked like a spot humans get you could see under her scales the core all raised with a white head breaking through (pic 2) she was eating fine but very low a not moving much due to the location where it was. I went to my local pet shop and was advised to treat with a bacterial med (king british bacterial control) i added this then realised the next day that maybe this was internal? and since the thing had changed and was weeping the next day (pic 3) went to another (better) fish expert who looking at the photo said it could be an ulcer. I was given king british internal bacteria meds and adviced to add carbon and pull the remaining meds out do a water change remove carbon then start new treatment, also adding melafix. As it weeped and shrunk she used her fin more and it was almost gone within 5days just a scab grey mark left now.
The meds are a two dose meds so i added the second as it was clearing but yet again new spots came on her tail fin again (pics 4&5) also at this time her side started to swell again (you can see in pic4) and she had pop eye that morning that went later in the day. The swelling got worse and i thought it could be dropsy since part of her scales where sticking up, so after the second dose and four day rest before being able to add again i continued using melafix i have just put my last dose in and she has developed these spots again where she was swollen, two spots near each other that have merged together now, this is weeping again today like before and she also has the spots on her tail fin again (pics 6&7) shes eating fine and is behaving normal doesn't seem ill at all, but i just dont know what to do or what it is i'm dealing with?
sorry for the long question guys, also her tank is a 22gallon shes lives in it alone and all water quality is good no ammonia, no nitrite, 10ppm nitrate, answered all this and tank maintenance in last post if you want to check.
Please help guys.
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