Goldfish loseing a couple of scales ?

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Davey

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Oct 22, 2002
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i was at a freinds today and his goldfish had a couple of scales missing is this some kind of disorder or diasese ? its in a 30 gallon and its really small it has maybe 5-6 scale spots were theres liek to scale its not ick or anythnig its just not as gold as the rest ..
 

tamara323

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Feb 2, 2002
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i don't have goldfish myself, but a friend of mine has some, and a couple of his fish lost some scales after he put a betta in the tank and he was a bit agressive.

do either of you have algae eaters in the tank? when they get older they can become very aggressive and even attach themselves to the sides of goldfish which could shake a few scales at the least

if there are no other fish in the tank, than the goldfish could possibly be fighting amongst themselves...but i've never seen that happen.

HTH
 
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