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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / April 2004Bloody membrane over eye - Help
Can anyone advise on the following please I have a goldfish, around 6-7 years old, 4.5 - 5 inches long on his own in a 10 gallon tank with a fluval internal cartridge filter. He (I'm assuming he's male) has recently developed what I would call cataracts e.g. a milky white film over his eyes. I put this down to old age but one eye now has blood streaked through the membrane which looks a bit alarming and sore. Ammonia and Nitrite levels are zero and he appears ok otherwise, feeding ok and passing waste ok Could this be some sort of infection which can be treated? Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks in anticipation Martin > Can anyone advise on the following please > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Ammonia and Nitrite levels are zero and he appears ok otherwise, feeding ok > and passing waste ok Martin, What are the Nitrate and PH levels? How often and how much water do you change? Is there any sharp objects in the tank? > What are the Nitrate and PH levels? PH = 6.5, Nitrite = 0 ppm, Ammonia = 0 ppm I haven't got a Nitrate test kit, do I need one? > How often and how much water do you change? 20% ever three / four weeks > Is there any sharp objects in the tank? Nope, just him and some plastic plants Martin right, you got gravel and probably your nitrates are sky high. start changing 50% of the water every day for 5 days. get teh nitrate test and keep nitrates 20ppm or less. Ingrid >> What are the Nitrate and PH levels? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Martin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. > > What are the Nitrate and PH levels? > > PH = 6.5, Nitrite = 0 ppm, Ammonia = 0 ppm I haven't got a Nitrate test > kit, do I need one? Yes you need one. Nitrate can kill if the fish is exposed to high levels for a long period of time. Also your PH is a bit low should be around 7-7.5. 6.5 isn't too bad, but I'd want to be getting it a bit more alkaline. How often do you do water changes? the slime coat is thickening. there is something toxic in the water. move the fish to a tub of fresh water with 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, and an airstone. clean the tank out and move the fish back. if you got gravel, that is probably teh source of the toxins. for the fish, you can do a 30 second salt dip to get the slime coat off. http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/disease/disease.htm >Can anyone advise on the following please > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Martin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. > the slime coat is thickening. there is something toxic in the water. > move the fish to a tub of fresh water with 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, and an [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > for the fish, you can do a 30 second salt dip to get the slime coat off. > http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/disease/disease.htm Ok, I've done a 100% water change and washed the tanks and filter out. The fish was in a 0.1% salt solution for 1/2 hour while I was doing this. Before putting him back he had 3 mins in a 0.9% salt solution dip. There doesn't seem to be much difference to his eyes, will it take time? how often should I repeat the salt bath routine? Cheers Martin PS, there isn't any gravel substrate in the tank. do a 30 second salt dip with 3% salt and gently use your hands to help strip the slime coat off. then put the fish back into fresh water with 0.1% salt in the water. with water changes everything should clear up in about 48 hours. Ingrid >Ok, I've done a 100% water change and washed the tanks and filter out. The >fish was in a 0.1% salt solution for 1/2 hour while I was doing this. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >PS, there isn't any gravel substrate in the tank. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. To close this out, the GF is responding well to the treatment and his eyes are clearing up nicely. Thanks for the advice, do you know anything about the stock market? Martin > do a 30 second salt dip with 3% salt and gently use your hands to help strip the > slime coat off. then put the fish back into fresh water with 0.1% salt in the water. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the > endorsements or recommendations I make. yeah ... stay out of it. Put money into land. Ingrid >To close this out, the GF is responding well to the treatment and his eyes >are clearing up nicely. >Thanks for the advice, do you know anything about the stock market? > >Martin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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