Hi,
one of my goldfish has developed lumps, one on each side just behind the gills. It also has starting doing a big white stringy poo, and it hangs gloomily around (the fish, not the poo) keeping away from the other fish until feeding time. But most of the time it mopes around with that sad look on its face.
I have pictures, but only of one side (silly fish just wouldn't turn around while my camera was pointing at it)(click the images for bigness)
As you can see it is doing a long white poo, which I have heard isn't good.
also you can see the white lump sticking out behind the gill. The lump on the other side isn't so sharp, its more like a lump inder the skin but this one has a white bit that looks strange like a bone or a tooth!.
Can anybody diagnose this for me and offer some advice?
many thanks.
one of my goldfish has developed lumps, one on each side just behind the gills. It also has starting doing a big white stringy poo, and it hangs gloomily around (the fish, not the poo) keeping away from the other fish until feeding time. But most of the time it mopes around with that sad look on its face.
I have pictures, but only of one side (silly fish just wouldn't turn around while my camera was pointing at it)(click the images for bigness)
As you can see it is doing a long white poo, which I have heard isn't good.
also you can see the white lump sticking out behind the gill. The lump on the other side isn't so sharp, its more like a lump inder the skin but this one has a white bit that looks strange like a bone or a tooth!.
Can anybody diagnose this for me and offer some advice?
many thanks.