james - 2011-05-01 WE have 4 chilchids and one of them will sometimes start to jump at the top of the water and rub vigorously against the tank, rocks, and even the filter with its head just on top above the eyes and will swim up in front of one of the other fish point downwards and flutter until it can get the other fish to bite it and take chunks out of it. This will go on till the fish has had enough and will quit. This leaves the fish with an exposed wound showing the white flesh underneath and in a few days will heal up, but he does this occasionally ..What type of parasite or fungus could this be and what would be the recommended treatment ...It also seems that after we have added salt to the tank hat this sets the fish off ..I don't know if it is because of not enough salt to completely solve the issue .
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Charlie Roche - 2011-05-02 Atached is an article from Animal World on Fish Diseases and Treatment. Just click on it and scroll down to symptoms and see if you recognize what your fish is doing. There is also an overview on the page of fungal, bacterial etc symptoms regarding fish. Test the temperature and PH though. OK? Let us know more of what is happening. I am going to look it up also cuz sure haven't heard of this before.
Sanford - 2020-12-17 I have 2 black moor gold fish. ONe of them is sick. He is about 10 years old. he has a couple of tumor like growths on his body and his eyes are greyish and cloudy. He has lost his balance and is upside down a lot. Now he's just laying on the bottom of the tank. I can get him to swim around if I gently prod him. I started treating the water with an all in one bacteria solution yesterday. Has anyone seen this kind of thing? I'm really attached to this little guy and wish I could help him.
Kunjan Patel - 2020-11-08 I have a fish only tank with 7 gold fish in it. Day before one of the small goldfish got stuck under the suction pipe and got injured it's left fin and also had bruises around that side of it's belly. It is not eating anything since then and have also lost the scales from the part that was sucked in the suction pipe. The bruises have decreased and it is swimming ok but I am really worried about it. This is my first aquarium experience. Please suggest some treatment for it.
Laura C. - 2014-09-01 I purchased a Raphael catfish about a week ago. I noticed a small white patch, not fuzzy, on his left side. Currently, the tank is being treated with melafix as I recently lost an angel fish that developed white nodules above his eyes and then developed popeye. I QT'ed the angel before it died. Does anyone know what this white patch could be on the catfish? The ph is 7.0. Temp is 78 degrees. The nitrates have been running high from 80 to 160 ppm. I just treated it again with prime and nite-out, as there was a trace of nitrites, below .25 ppm. I also did a 50 percent water change two days ago, vacuumed the gravel. I also added two plants to control the nitrates two days ago. The tank is 55 gallons and contains: 1 Cory cat 1 bumblebee cat 1raphael cat 1 tetra 1 comet gold fish 2 shumbunkins 1 gold gourami 1 needlenose gar 1 tire track eel 1 red tail shark 3 angels Please help! I don't want to lose another fish!
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Laura C. - 2014-09-01 I forgot to add that I have 1 Pleco too
Clarice Brough - 2014-09-04 It could very well be Columnaris, which is very contagious and fast acting, but responds well to antibiotics. It is a very common disease especially for catfish, but with a quick response it can be treated. Read about it and treatments on the fish disease page here: Columnaris.
Rhonda Mckean - 2020-04-11 You really shouldn't mix cold water goldfish with warm water tropicals. For every inch of goldfish they need to be in 2gal. of water per inch. Need to watch your ammonia doesn't go sky high. I dont know how big your goldfish are but with your mixture you are asking for trouble. You have way too many fish in your tank. You have many fish that can get very large.
Ian Thomasson - 2020-04-26 I think it's also worth being concerned about your tetra. As far as I'm aware, all tetra species are schooling fish and need to be kept in groups of 3 at the minimum, 6 or more to keep them healthy.
Deborah Proctor-Brown - 2013-07-04 We have beeen having a lot of problems with my grandsons new tank. We have had it for about 2 1/2 months now and have lost several fish in it. Some very quickly, and some after about 2-5 weeks of acting strange. I have had my water checked, and adjusted it or changed the water accordingly. Changed my filter packs often, But after water changes on several occ, even partial changes, the fish seem to be gettng shimmys, followed by a listlessness, keeping to bottom of tank a lot except for feeding time, and gradually getting off balance and gradually dying. Could it be something in our water, from the pipes, or do they just have swim bladder disease going on? No red streaks, growths , or fungi present just shimmys and off balance with loss of weight, wasting away and off balance. Only one aquarium so far having this problem out of 4. So seems like a disease of something, more than water problem. Deborah
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Jasmine Brough Hinesley - 2013-07-09 Well, there could be any number of things wrong. First, if you use tap water, do you make sure to put dechlorinator in? Also, make sure to perform water changes regularly, but only change out 1/4 to 1/3 of the water at a time. Have you had all 4 aquariums the same amount of time? If the other tanks are older, they are probably already equalized correctly, with the right amounts of nitrates and other parameters. The new tank may just need more time to cycle and establish itself.
Rhonda Mckean - 2020-04-11 If you have molly's in your tank they are known for shimmy. They need almost perfect water conditions. Do not change your filter packs often. You have to leave them get dirty so you can build good bacteria in your tank. When your tank is crystal clear then you know that your tank is right.
Kumaresh - 2013-10-18 Hi All, I have a 20 gallon tank with three Gold fish and two Blue johanni cichlids. From two days one of the gold fish is swiming only on top and not eating anything as well not active. I have changed the water around 30% and added fresh water treated with commen salt 3%. After that also Fish is in same condition. I fear a lot that it may die as already I experienced. What should I do to protect my fish?
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Rhonda Mckean - 2020-04-11 Too many fish per inch. Goldfish need 2 gal. of water for each inch of goldfish. What is your water temp.? The goldfish are cold water fish and the other two you have are warm water fish. Your goldfish will get sluggish and not eat well if your water is too warm.
Lou - 2016-12-26 I have a 55 gallon fresh water tank and I have these bubbles floating in the tank that seem to cover food. They get caught in the filter system. When I placed in a vacation fish food, these bubbles seem to start to cover up the wafer food. Anyone know what this is or who to get rid of it. It has not bothered the fish in the tank yet, but I know it is probably just time.
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Rhonda Mckean - 2020-04-11 Those vacation fish foods are nasty. Do a water change and make sure your air stone isn't turned up too high.
lisa - 2019-02-01 PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP.? My Silver Dollar is sick,its swimming around all topsy turby, upside down and mostly sideways. I had some issues with my Nitrates but gradually getting back on track, I MAY have over feed my tank (blood worms and Couchette). I have given the Silver dollar frozen husk-less peas and dont know what else to do. Did another water change and added stress coat. The pet shop thought it may have a head injury, its gills seem more orange than usual. One eye seems bigger (slightly protruding) compared to the other one. ANY IDEAS please? Thanks
Jason Remigio III - 2018-08-06 I have two goldfish and a bottom tank cleaner. One goldfish diagnosis with fin tail rot for a couple of days. Later dropsy the next couple of days. the next day I treated the tank with melafix and aquarium salt, i removed the active carbon filter, and did a 20% water change of an 80 gallon aquarium. Day 2, my mom took out the fish she claims it was dead. It was still breathing and heavy on day 1 of treatment. I told her it takes months to heal the fish not 24 hours. She took it out of the tank and let it die.
Introduction to aquarium fish diseases and treatments.
WE have 4 chilchids and one of them will sometimes start to jump at the top of the water and rub vigorously against the tank, rocks, and even the filter with its head just on top above the eyes and will swim up in front of one of the other fish point downwards and flutter until it can get the other fish to bite it and take chunks out of it. This will go on till the fish has had enough and will quit. This leaves the fish with an exposed wound showing the white flesh underneath and in a few days will heal up, but he does this occasionally ..What type of parasite or fungus could this be and what would be the recommended treatment ...It also seems that after we have added salt to the tank hat this sets the fish off ..I don't know if it is because of not enough salt to completely solve the issue .
Atached is an article from Animal World on Fish Diseases and Treatment. Just click on it and scroll down to symptoms and see if you recognize what your fish is doing. There is also an overview on the page of fungal, bacterial etc symptoms regarding fish. Test the temperature and PH though. OK? Let us know more of what is happening. I am going to look it up also cuz sure haven't heard of this before.
I have 2 black moor gold fish. ONe of them is sick. He is about 10 years old. he has a couple of tumor like growths on his body and his eyes are greyish and cloudy. He has lost his balance and is upside down a lot. Now he's just laying on the bottom of the tank. I can get him to swim around if I gently prod him. I started treating the water with an all in one bacteria solution yesterday. Has anyone seen this kind of thing? I'm really attached to this little guy and wish I could help him.
I have a fish only tank with 7 gold fish in it. Day before one of the small goldfish got stuck under the suction pipe and got injured it's left fin and also had bruises around that side of it's belly. It is not eating anything since then and have also lost the scales from the part that was sucked in the suction pipe. The bruises have decreased and it is swimming ok but I am really worried about it. This is my first aquarium experience. Please suggest some treatment for it.
I purchased a Raphael catfish about a week ago. I noticed a small white patch, not fuzzy, on his left side. Currently, the tank is being treated with melafix as I recently lost an angel fish that developed white nodules above his eyes and then developed popeye. I QT'ed the angel before it died. Does anyone know what this white patch could be on the catfish? The ph is 7.0. Temp is 78 degrees. The nitrates have been running high from 80 to 160 ppm. I just treated it again with prime and nite-out, as there was a trace of nitrites, below .25 ppm. I also did a 50 percent water change two days ago, vacuumed the gravel. I also added two plants to control the nitrates two days ago. The tank is 55 gallons and contains: 1 Cory cat 1 bumblebee cat 1raphael cat 1 tetra 1 comet gold fish 2 shumbunkins 1 gold gourami 1 needlenose gar 1 tire track eel 1 red tail shark 3 angels Please help! I don't want to lose another fish!
I forgot to add that I have 1 Pleco too
It could very well be Columnaris, which is very contagious and fast acting, but responds well to antibiotics. It is a very common disease especially for catfish, but with a quick response it can be treated. Read about it and treatments on the fish disease page here: Columnaris.
You really shouldn't mix cold water goldfish with warm water tropicals. For every inch of goldfish they need to be in 2gal. of water per inch. Need to watch your ammonia doesn't go sky high. I dont know how big your goldfish are but with your mixture you are asking for trouble. You have way too many fish in your tank. You have many fish that can get very large.
I think it's also worth being concerned about your tetra. As far as I'm aware, all tetra species are schooling fish and need to be kept in groups of 3 at the minimum, 6 or more to keep them healthy.
We have beeen having a lot of problems with my grandsons new tank. We have had it for about 2 1/2 months now and have lost several fish in it. Some very quickly, and some after about 2-5 weeks of acting strange. I have had my water checked, and adjusted it or changed the water accordingly. Changed my filter packs often, But after water changes on several occ, even partial changes, the fish seem to be gettng shimmys, followed by a listlessness, keeping to bottom of tank a lot except for feeding time, and gradually getting off balance and gradually dying. Could it be something in our water, from the pipes, or do they just have swim bladder disease going on? No red streaks, growths , or fungi present just shimmys and off balance with loss of weight, wasting away and off balance. Only one aquarium so far having this problem out of 4. So seems like a disease of something, more than water problem. Deborah
Well, there could be any number of things wrong. First, if you use tap water, do you make sure to put dechlorinator in? Also, make sure to perform water changes regularly, but only change out 1/4 to 1/3 of the water at a time. Have you had all 4 aquariums the same amount of time? If the other tanks are older, they are probably already equalized correctly, with the right amounts of nitrates and other parameters. The new tank may just need more time to cycle and establish itself.
If you have molly's in your tank they are known for shimmy. They need almost perfect water conditions. Do not change your filter packs often. You have to leave them get dirty so you can build good bacteria in your tank. When your tank is crystal clear then you know that your tank is right.
Hi All, I have a 20 gallon tank with three Gold fish and two Blue johanni cichlids. From two days one of the gold fish is swiming only on top and not eating anything as well not active. I have changed the water around 30% and added fresh water treated with commen salt 3%. After that also Fish is in same condition. I fear a lot that it may die as already I experienced. What should I do to protect my fish?
Too many fish per inch. Goldfish need 2 gal. of water for each inch of goldfish. What is your water temp.? The goldfish are cold water fish and the other two you have are warm water fish. Your goldfish will get sluggish and not eat well if your water is too warm.
I have a 55 gallon fresh water tank and I have these bubbles floating in the tank that seem to cover food. They get caught in the filter system. When I placed in a vacation fish food, these bubbles seem to start to cover up the wafer food. Anyone know what this is or who to get rid of it. It has not bothered the fish in the tank yet, but I know it is probably just time.
Those vacation fish foods are nasty. Do a water change and make sure your air stone isn't turned up too high.
PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP.? My Silver Dollar is sick,its swimming around all topsy turby, upside down and mostly sideways. I had some issues with my Nitrates but gradually getting back on track, I MAY have over feed my tank (blood worms and Couchette). I have given the Silver dollar frozen husk-less peas and dont know what else to do. Did another water change and added stress coat. The pet shop thought it may have a head injury, its gills seem more orange than usual. One eye seems bigger (slightly protruding) compared to the other one. ANY IDEAS please? Thanks
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I have two goldfish and a bottom tank cleaner. One goldfish diagnosis with fin tail rot for a couple of days. Later dropsy the next couple of days. the next day I treated the tank with melafix and aquarium salt, i removed the active carbon filter, and did a 20% water change of an 80 gallon aquarium. Day 2, my mom took out the fish she claims it was dead. It was still breathing and heavy on day 1 of treatment. I told her it takes months to heal the fish not 24 hours. She took it out of the tank and let it die.
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