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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / October 2007Visible blood vessels in tail
When I got home from my recent business trip (1 week in Japan) and had the energy to look at the fish in detail I noticed that Hoshi has a couple of visible blood vessels in his caudal fin. Hoshi is a sarasa comet, about 5" long, all white except for an orange spot on his forehead. His activity and appetite seem to be good. I tested the water: pH 8, Ammonia 0 ppm, Nitrite 0 ppm, Nitrate 20 ppm. Normal or cause for concern?  SignatureDavid L. Burkhead "Dum Vivimus Vivamus" mailto:dburkhead@sff.net "While we live, let us live." My webcomic Cold Servings http://www.coldservings.com -- Back from hiatus! Updates Wednesdays Are you sure they haven't always been there? If you look closely at white fish you can often see thin red veins in their caudal fin. I have a white oranda and she has visible red veins in hers and is completely healthy and happy. I think it's just because the fin is more transparent than fins of another colour and you can see the veins more clearly. As long as your water parameters are ok and stay that way then I wouldn't worry too much unless it becomes worse, or if you know for sure that they weren't visible before you went away. Mel. > When I got home from my recent business trip (1 week in Japan) and had the > energy to look at the fish in detail I noticed that Hoshi has a couple of [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Normal or cause for concern? No, I'm not sure. They could have always been there. SignatureDavid L. Burkhead "Dum Vivimus Vivamus" mailto:dburkhead@sff.net "While we live, let us live." My webcomic Cold Servings http://www.coldservings.com -- Back from hiatus! Updates Wednesdays > Are you sure they haven't always been there? If you look closely at white > fish you can often see thin red veins in their caudal fin. I have a white [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > Normal or cause for concern? > No, I'm not sure. They could have always been there. > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Do the blood vessels look inflamed or is it just that you can see them through the fins? [ 8< blood vessels visible in caudal fin of mostly white comet goldfish >8 ] > Do the blood vessels look inflamed or is it just that you can see them > through the fins? I'm not sure what inflamed would look like. SignatureDavid L. Burkhead "Dum Vivimus Vivamus" mailto:dburkhead@sff.net "While we live, let us live." My webcomic Cold Servings http://www.coldservings.com -- Back from hiatus! Updates Wednesdays > Do the blood vessels look inflamed or is it just that you can see them > through the fins? Pictures can be found here: http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g206/dburkhead/visibleveinsintaila.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g206/dburkhead/visibleveinsintail.jpg SignatureDavid L. Burkhead "Dum Vivimus Vivamus" mailto:dburkhead@sff.net "While we live, let us live." My webcomic Cold Servings http://www.coldservings.com -- Back from hiatus! Updates Wednesdays > > Do the blood vessels look inflamed or is it just that you can see them > > through the fins? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > My webcomic Cold Servingshttp://www.coldservings.com-- Back from hiatus! > Updates Wednesdays Thanks for posting the pics, David. You're a peach. = ) > > Do the blood vessels look inflamed or is it just that you can see them > > through the fins? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > My webcomic Cold Servingshttp://www.coldservings.com-- Back from hiatus! > Updates Wednesdays Ok, Those look like normal blood vessels to me. I've had many fish with clear and white or translucent fins and you can see their blood vessels clearly. It's time to be alarmed when an entire area or section becomes inflamed and they all fill with extra blood. This looks more like a bloody patch from a side view, but your fish looks completely normal to me. Notice the top and bottom vessels are symetrical. Those vessels are a little larger than the others, so you would naturally see more red from the added blood running through. I had a male Betta with clear fins once. When I would do a water change on his tank, he'd get a bit stressed and you could see how red his fins got from the high blood pressure. = o (poor guy did not like water changes.) When he settled down, his fins lost the red road map look and were back to clear. Thanks. This is pretty much the consensus from the various places I've asked but I just wanted to check. SignatureDavid L. Burkhead "Dum Vivimus Vivamus" mailto:dburkhead@sff.net "While we live, let us live." My webcomic Cold Servings http://www.coldservings.com -- Back from hiatus! Updates Wednesdays |
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