Hi I am new to the forum. I posted this question in another forum but it has been a couple of days and have not received any responses.
I purchased four 3-4 inch Ryukin Goldfish online (overnight delivery) and I received them on Tuesday. I put them in my fully cycled 20 gallon long QT (0 ammonia and 0 nitrites using API liquid test). I know 20 gallon is small but after QT they will go into my 75 gallon long and I am doing bi-weekly water changes of around 50% water and the temperature is 72 deg F.
Three of them are doing well so far and are settling in, however, one of them is constantly breathing very heavily, as if he is suffocating. The breathing of the other three healthy ones is very relaxed. He does not have any obvious external signs of disease except for a tear in his caudal fin that occurred during shipping. There are some small white marks on the tip of caudal fin, and one white spot on his right gill. He looks lethargic and keeps to himself near the bottom of the tank, and seems to not have strength to get out of tight spaces (also not eating).
My first diagnosis was gill flukes so last Wednesday, I did a 50% water change and started treating with Hikari PraziPro, and also added Melafix for his fin tear. Am I on the correct path here given these symptoms? I am concerned it could be ich but I do not see spots all over the body (except something on his right gill). It has now been 3 days and there has been no improvement at all, he is actually getting worse and I am getting desperate since I have medicines but I do not know what to treat!
Here are some slightly better photos and you can see there is actually some white bump on his right gill. The white spot looks like a puss dot inside his normal white mark on his right gill.
Thanks!
I purchased four 3-4 inch Ryukin Goldfish online (overnight delivery) and I received them on Tuesday. I put them in my fully cycled 20 gallon long QT (0 ammonia and 0 nitrites using API liquid test). I know 20 gallon is small but after QT they will go into my 75 gallon long and I am doing bi-weekly water changes of around 50% water and the temperature is 72 deg F.
Three of them are doing well so far and are settling in, however, one of them is constantly breathing very heavily, as if he is suffocating. The breathing of the other three healthy ones is very relaxed. He does not have any obvious external signs of disease except for a tear in his caudal fin that occurred during shipping. There are some small white marks on the tip of caudal fin, and one white spot on his right gill. He looks lethargic and keeps to himself near the bottom of the tank, and seems to not have strength to get out of tight spaces (also not eating).
My first diagnosis was gill flukes so last Wednesday, I did a 50% water change and started treating with Hikari PraziPro, and also added Melafix for his fin tear. Am I on the correct path here given these symptoms? I am concerned it could be ich but I do not see spots all over the body (except something on his right gill). It has now been 3 days and there has been no improvement at all, he is actually getting worse and I am getting desperate since I have medicines but I do not know what to treat!
Here are some slightly better photos and you can see there is actually some white bump on his right gill. The white spot looks like a puss dot inside his normal white mark on his right gill.
Thanks!
