AllisonReed
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello all! I just joined this site because I often refer to others' problems to help diagnose my fish, but until now I never felt the need to post my own.
I have a 2 inch almost 5 year old comet goldfish named Watson and he has just a couple of small pinprick sized red dots. One is on the top-side of his head and there are two on his base near his fins.
I have a 10 gallon tank with no other fish currently. I had another fish that died 2 weeks ago from what Petco said was a bacterial infection? I treated that fish and the tank with Melafix for about 5 days before that fish died and continued doing so afterward. That fish was just over 5 years old. I have a Tetra carbon filter. No live plants, just aquarium decorations. I did a 25% water change about 4 days ago.
This fish is also acting lethargic, sitting around stationary much more than he used to. Every once in a while, he will go "crazy" and fling himself out of the water, hitting the lid of the tank. (Thank goodness I have a lid or he'd have jumped out and died long ago.) He has been doing this to my knowledge for about a month, but he never had any other symptoms so I let it be.
I worry that the lethargy is due to missing his friend Phineas. He was with him for about 4.5 years and the entirety of his life, so I imagine he is quite aware of his absence. I don't really want to get him a new friend, as I am not really ready to commit to another 5 or more years of fish parenting. I also don't know if this would help or harm the situation anyway.
Anyway, what do you all think about the small red dots? Cause for concern?
I have a 2 inch almost 5 year old comet goldfish named Watson and he has just a couple of small pinprick sized red dots. One is on the top-side of his head and there are two on his base near his fins.
I have a 10 gallon tank with no other fish currently. I had another fish that died 2 weeks ago from what Petco said was a bacterial infection? I treated that fish and the tank with Melafix for about 5 days before that fish died and continued doing so afterward. That fish was just over 5 years old. I have a Tetra carbon filter. No live plants, just aquarium decorations. I did a 25% water change about 4 days ago.
This fish is also acting lethargic, sitting around stationary much more than he used to. Every once in a while, he will go "crazy" and fling himself out of the water, hitting the lid of the tank. (Thank goodness I have a lid or he'd have jumped out and died long ago.) He has been doing this to my knowledge for about a month, but he never had any other symptoms so I let it be.
I worry that the lethargy is due to missing his friend Phineas. He was with him for about 4.5 years and the entirety of his life, so I imagine he is quite aware of his absence. I don't really want to get him a new friend, as I am not really ready to commit to another 5 or more years of fish parenting. I also don't know if this would help or harm the situation anyway.
Anyway, what do you all think about the small red dots? Cause for concern?
However, at least he has the whole tank to himself now. I doubt I'd be able to find anywhere else for him.
