HELP!
About six months ago my wife brought home four comet/feeder goldfish that were scheduled to be flushed by an uncaring family. We can pretty much skip over the obvious of having too much fish for the size tank since I have read all the posts concerning this fact. But being stuck in Germany and not speaking the language makes it a little hard to get supplies and food for the fish, let alone another tank setup. The fish are about 2in in length, crammed into a 20 gal. tank. Like I said, I know, I know. Trust me, it's getting old doing a complete water change every week! Let's move on to the problem; Two days ago one of the Goldies, Moe I think, or maybe Larry, had his whole snout, up to his eyes, turn white. Prior to this, all were perfectly orange, with no spots or anything, and it is just the one fish. I've read where this could be a fungus, but the fungus is described as being either white or grey and being 'cottony' or 'fuzzy'. This discolorization has no disernable consistancy like that, it just appears that the pigment has changed from solid orange to solid white. Any ideas and/or help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Like I said it's not like I can run down the street to the Petsmart and ask someone.
TIA
Rod
About six months ago my wife brought home four comet/feeder goldfish that were scheduled to be flushed by an uncaring family. We can pretty much skip over the obvious of having too much fish for the size tank since I have read all the posts concerning this fact. But being stuck in Germany and not speaking the language makes it a little hard to get supplies and food for the fish, let alone another tank setup. The fish are about 2in in length, crammed into a 20 gal. tank. Like I said, I know, I know. Trust me, it's getting old doing a complete water change every week! Let's move on to the problem; Two days ago one of the Goldies, Moe I think, or maybe Larry, had his whole snout, up to his eyes, turn white. Prior to this, all were perfectly orange, with no spots or anything, and it is just the one fish. I've read where this could be a fungus, but the fungus is described as being either white or grey and being 'cottony' or 'fuzzy'. This discolorization has no disernable consistancy like that, it just appears that the pigment has changed from solid orange to solid white. Any ideas and/or help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Like I said it's not like I can run down the street to the Petsmart and ask someone.
TIA
Rod