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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / September 2005Large white spots on inside of gills killing my fish?
Help please anyone. I have recently bought some pearlscales and I am losing them slowly one by one I have been keeping fish for a few years now and have come across mnost diseases and have treated most of them successfully except this one. As they swim around you can clearly see two spots on the red part of their gill on the inside, the spots are about the size of this(o). There is nothing else on them although one fish has a tiny nick on the front fin. They eat and swim around without any problems then gradually it affects their breathing and they separate themselves some of the time they still eat ok but the day on one I have seen a white length (very short and not very easy to see) stringy stuff coming out of the gill and although they are still eating and swimming the next day they die. I have lost about three now and two others have the same problems and two others are not happy I don't want to loose them all! I have been treating them with a medicine that is meant to kill protozans and fungus, costia also velvet but it doesn't say if it treats chilodonella, as I haven't seen the latter I don't know what it is. Any help desperatly needed to save the rest. Please. Cheers Jocelyn Do you have a microscope that you could put a piece of the filament under for exam to see what you're battling? Is it something you would feel comfortable doing? Have you tried treating for ick? Sometimes before you see it on the exterior of the fish, it has already invaded the gills. Just a thought. I'm sure others will chime in with other ideas too. Lilly > Help please anyone. > > I have recently bought some pearlscales and I am losing them slowly one > by one I have been keeping fish for a few years now and have come across > mnost diseases and have treated most of them successfully except ==================== Have you checked out any Goldfish/koi sites such as www.koivet.com? It's hard to suggest anything if you can't tell us more. I found QuickCure excellent for parasites. Clout is excellent for a wide range of parasitic and protozoan infestations. FlukeTabs will get rid of flukes. It sounds like it may be gill-mites if it's attacking their gill filaments.  SignatureMcKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995... My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o> I'm loathe to recomment Clout or Fluke Tabs because I cannot remember which one is the one that burns your fish if you've got soft water. Isolating the fish in a smaller tank, like a 10g, and treating with Quick Cure as Carol suggests is probably the best all around shotgun method since it offs bacteria and parasites. > I'm loathe to recomment Clout or Fluke Tabs because I cannot remember > which one is the one that burns your fish if you've got soft water. # I've not heard of that problem Lilly. Those are very effective meds that do work, unlike so much of the products sold in the pet shops. > Isolating the fish in a smaller tank, like a 10g, and treating with > Quick Cure as Carol suggests is probably the best all around shotgun > method since it offs bacteria and parasites. # If the problem is gillmites QuickCure may not get rid of them. It's hard to suggest a treatment long distance without a scrape. SignatureMcKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995... My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o> It is definitely a problem in soft water. I've had it happen, and others in different parts of the country with soft water have had it happen. The fish winds up looking like it's been rolled in soot. Jocelyn Try this link to see if it's the same problem I am having with only one of my goldies: http://p076.ezboard.com/fflippersnfinsfrm13.showMessage?topicID=574.topic I began treating with antibiotic food laced with garlic additive and using ANTI-FLUKE. I don't even know what med is working, but I am down to just those two items (changed water in between) and they are going away. Is this how it looks (see link; scroll to photo on bottom.) n http://list.lovemyoldhome.com/puregold/ Puregold is a list for people at all levels of fish keeping with special emphasis on helping people new to keeping goldfish. We do talk about ponds and koi. It is a very friendly list, no flaming allowed. In addition, Jo Ann (The Goldfish Guru) helps people with sick GF and koi. Please phone 251-649-4790 phoning is best. but, can try email put "help sick fish" in subject. lazulifawn@aol.com. Ingrid >Help please anyone. > > I have recently bought some pearlscales and I am losing them slowly >one by one I have been keeping fish for a few years now and have come >across mnost diseases and have treated most of them successfully except >this one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://list.lovemyoldhome.com/puregold/ WEBSITE AT: http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/home.html www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the recommendations I make. AND I DID NOT AUTHORIZE ADS AT THE OLD PUREGOLD SITE |
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