I have a goldfish who has been healthy up until now, after the addition of a "friend" to her tank, another goldfish. The goldfish that was added started to develop black spots on her tail and head, which the aqarium store diagnoses as flukes. They recommended "Quick Cure" which we used to treat her, but she died.
Following this, we began to treat the second fish, to prevent her from becoming infected. She had slightly swollen gills, with sort of a whitish coat, and it looked as if the skin under her chin was either torn up a little, or maybe infected, but it looked sort of swollen or chunky and whitish and was bulding out. She was also breathing a little heavy. She lives in a 2 gallon bowl, with no filter or heater, just air bubbles.
We gave her 1 drop of Quick Cure per two gallons, and then did a full water change the next day, and re-treated two other times, followed by a full water change the next day. During the treatment, her eyes looked like they were bulding out a little, and had a dark black outline, and she swam with her fins pinned back. However, she began to look good after about 10 days. However, later, she began slowing down and hovering around the bottom of the bowl, swimming really slowing and not eating. The aquarium store recommended added good bacteria, so we added one capful to the 2 gallons and in about 30 seconds she immediately perked up, spread out her fins and began swimming and eating. However, the next day, she again looked slow and sluggish and was hanging around the bottom of the bowl and not eating.
What should I do now? I noticed two small black dots between her eyes, and her gills are still sort of whitish and she's breathing a little heavy and swimming slowly. Also, her side fins are a bit red, but I'm not sure if its from being in formalin or its something else.
Following this, we began to treat the second fish, to prevent her from becoming infected. She had slightly swollen gills, with sort of a whitish coat, and it looked as if the skin under her chin was either torn up a little, or maybe infected, but it looked sort of swollen or chunky and whitish and was bulding out. She was also breathing a little heavy. She lives in a 2 gallon bowl, with no filter or heater, just air bubbles.
We gave her 1 drop of Quick Cure per two gallons, and then did a full water change the next day, and re-treated two other times, followed by a full water change the next day. During the treatment, her eyes looked like they were bulding out a little, and had a dark black outline, and she swam with her fins pinned back. However, she began to look good after about 10 days. However, later, she began slowing down and hovering around the bottom of the bowl, swimming really slowing and not eating. The aquarium store recommended added good bacteria, so we added one capful to the 2 gallons and in about 30 seconds she immediately perked up, spread out her fins and began swimming and eating. However, the next day, she again looked slow and sluggish and was hanging around the bottom of the bowl and not eating.
What should I do now? I noticed two small black dots between her eyes, and her gills are still sort of whitish and she's breathing a little heavy and swimming slowly. Also, her side fins are a bit red, but I'm not sure if its from being in formalin or its something else.