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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / June 2004Fungus on goldfish
I have a garden pond ( 1000 litres ) with 15 assorted goldfish in it. They have been OK for about 3 months and the plants are growing well. Recently I have lost a fantail to fungus type growth and now find that 2 more fantails have the same symptoms.The shubunkins, comets and orfe are OK at present. Any one have any ideas please Dave >I have a garden pond ( 1000 litres ) with 15 assorted goldfish in it. They >have been OK for about 3 months and the plants are growing well. >Recently I have lost a fantail to fungus type growth and now find that 2 >more fantails have the same symptoms.The shubunkins, comets and orfe are OK >at present. Any one have any ideas please >Dave Fungus is usually a secondary problem, brought on by external parasites. Treat with a formaldahyde/malachine green combination. If you are using salt, I would remove it first, salt and formaldehyde is supposed to be a bad combination for goldfish.  Signature- Charles - -does not play well with others yup. I agree. but start with looking at your water parameters. that is only a 250 gallon pond you got there. I imagine all kinds of birds etc are in an out of the pond. what kind of aeration and filtration do you have? this pond is simply too small for orfes. find them a new home or build a bigger pond, something over 1000 gallons and at least 3 feet deep. Ingrid >>I have a garden pond ( 1000 litres ) with 15 assorted goldfish in it. They >>have been OK for about 3 months and the plants are growing well. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >using salt, I would remove it first, salt and formaldehyde is supposed >to be a bad combination for goldfish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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