My goldfish is dieing. (graphic pic)

flaringshutter. Human TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Fish TB is caused by Mycobacterium marinum. They are related but M. marinum causes granulomas (small encapsulated pockets of bacteria) usually under the skin. Human TB infects the lymph nodes and other organs and causes the immune system to attack healthy tissue especially in the lungs.

I personally think that it is a sporozoa. I've never seen or heard of a fish recover from it. Sometimes they can linger in pain for weeks though. I had this happen to one of my first goldfish when I was a kid.
 
THE V said:
flaringshutter. Human TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Fish TB is caused by Mycobacterium marinum. They are related but M. marinum causes granulomas (small encapsulated pockets of bacteria) usually under the skin. Human TB infects the lymph nodes and other organs and causes the immune system to attack healthy tissue especially in the lungs.
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Right, TheV - fish TB doesn't cause the same disease we think of as human TB, but it will cause a serious bacterial illness and when treating a fish with mycobacterium marinum, it's still important to be very careful.


Fish TB is caused by Mycobacterium marinum, a bacterium closely related to the TB bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. There are actually over fifty species of bacteria related to tuberculosis that can cause disease... Although aquarists don't frequently get this disease, using gloves when cleaning infected tanks is highly recommended.
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from http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Keefer_FishTB.html

Human epidemics of granulomatous skin disease have occurred from swimming in infected water... Be careful, this disease may spread to humans.
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from http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/articles/mycobacteriosis.html

Fish TB is related to human TB and leprosy; bacteria of this genus (Mycobacterium) are slow growing, highly resistant to antibiotics, hard to culture, and many times not recognized for what they are. There are human infections of fish TB that have persisted for up to 17 years. I have had fish TB, getting it over 40 years after I starting keeping fish tanks, probably because my immune system was getting weaker.
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from http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Lawler_Tank_Safety.html
 
He was still alive when I went to school this morning, but just breathing worse, im home now but he passed today. Sucks, but Im just hoping it doesnt happen to my other 2 guys... as much as ive searched the internet I cant find any info on how to prevent this from happening or how to get rid of whatever is in the tank that caused it...
I know now that if one of my other 2 fish start acting sluggish their going to end up dieing too because I dont know how to keep it from happening...
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It's extremely difficult to treat fish TB, if that is what your fish was infected with.

I would perform a large water change - 50% or more - and begin feeding with an antibacterial food like the Jungle Meds brand food as a preventative measure. It has a wide-spectrum antibiotic and might help the remaining fish hold off any infection.
 
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A friend of mine won him last july at a carnival and he was a lot smaller but still a good size...he shouldnt have been more than 2 years old...
i have another shubunkin from the same carnival that actually is a lot thicker than him...I had him since july and my friend had the one that died untill this past march and i took a lot better care of my fish so he grew a lot more than that guy.
Im hoping my other fish doesnt catch whatever he had because I wanted to see how big he gets but I dont have much hope that whatever the dead guy had isnt effecting the other fish though..
 
Does anybody know what this little cluster of black dots are?
I was just looking through old pictures i had of my fish and they have these little black dots... the fish in my default has a few...
im just curious...is it their brain or something...or just markings.... lol
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