9 inch Oranda Goldfish

[Heidi Wolpert]

Please help! My 9" Oranda Goldfish developed some white round specks around his mouth. It almost looks like little teeth. I use Melafix since 3 days because I assume it might be cottonmouth disease but it did not improve yet. Heidi

 

[myswtsins]

Picture? Tank parameters? We need lots more info to even have a chance to help out. And even then it is extremely hard to diagnose over the internet. Have you looked through pictures to see what it most looks like?

 

[Heidi Wolpert]

Picture? Tank parameters? We need lots more info to even have a chance to help out. And even then it is extremely hard to diagnose over the internet. Have you looked through pictures to see what it most looks like?

 

[Heidi Wolpert]

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Again, it is more inside his mouth. I have a 50 g SeaCam II Aquarium.
Heidi

 

[myswtsins]

Yeah I think columnaris is a pretty good guess here. Melafix won't help, it just isn't strong enough. It can provide some healing but not curing. Do you see any of these other symptoms?

• A general lack of appetite
• White spots around the mouth, fins and scales
• Dry skin
• A thick and overdeveloped slime coat
• A white growth around the mouth
• Fins becoming raggedy looking at the edges
• Grey or white lines developing around the mouth, which eventually produce short tufts
• White growths that look like cotton wool

Lots of water changes and a decrease in temperature can buy you some time while you figure out your attack strategy which needs to start asap. Remember if it is columnaris it is a gram-negative bacteria (not a fungus) and needs gram-negative antibiotics. Here is a decent guide to get you started. http://www.myaquariumclub.com/columnaris-and-what-i-have-learned...-1689.html

Salt seems an iffy treatment for columnaris but when dealing with goldfish I always like salt treatments. Just my 2 cents.