Ich or fungus????

[Sunny]

Hi! One of my Goldfish seems to have Ich, but I read many articles about ich and couldn't get all the answers. He is a Fantail with long long fins. First these little white spots appeared on his long tail. They are about 1 mm in diameter, two of them, and looked like bumps more than just spots. It made his tail fin curl a little. He had a similar bump on the head but that one went away after the first treatment for Ich. Now he got two more same bumps on the dorsal fin. When the bumps seemed to break a stringy line dragged after the white bump, when it went away a red streak appeared going straight from the bump down the entire fin. We have two goldfish with lots of room and filtration and keep the tank water changed and clean at least once a week if not more often than that, and I have no idea where this guy got this. The other Goldfish had a similar but just one small bump on the tail fin and it went away after the first treatment and never reappeared. But the fantail goldfish got two more. I put him into a separate tank, but worried that he is suffering in the close quarters of the quarantine tank. We put more medication in the small tank last night.
If this is not Ich what else can this be? The fish doesn't seem to be bothered by the bumps. Please help!
Thank you.

 

[OrionGirl]

Ich will look like salt grains stuck to the fish.

This sounds much more like an internal parasite--hook or anchor worms.

 

[Sunny]

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What can I do? There's another medication I saw in the store in the shape of tablets and it claims to get rid of most fungus and parasites except Ich. Should I try it then? Will it overmedicate the fish if we try that medication right after Ich treatment?

 

[OrionGirl]

Without seeing the fish, there's no way to make an accurate diagnosis. Google Anchor worms--see if that looks similar to what's happening in your tank. Then research the medication option--do not buy something based solely on the claims of the packaging. Here's a good resource: http://www.fishpalace.org/Disease.html

In terms of medicating--you should always do a few water changes and run some fresh carbon between treatments. Fish cna be overloaded with medications. Making an accurate diagnosis before beginning any treatment is preferable--otherwise, you can allow the problem to worsen while exposing the fish to ineffective treatments.

 

[Sunny]

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First of all, thank you for posting the link. It was good to finally be able to see what different deseases look like and what the symptoms are. Unfortunately this is still confusing to me, because the symptoms my fish is having are somewhat different. First there are these tiny white (and stringy) bumps, then they turn into red streaks (like in Red streak desease) and even tear the fin a little or make it bend. The symptoms that I find the closest are a combination of Red Streak desease and Cauliflower desease. But still not 100% certain.