Hello, I have a 4 year old oranda goldfish in a 55 gallon aquarium. she has never been sick before. Her water perimeters are (were perfect) nitrate 20, nitrite 0, ammonia 0, ph 7.5. I check these perimeters a few times a week and do 30-50% water changes 1-2x a week. My goldfish was starting to get lonely and bored so I decided to get her a friend off of liveaquaria. This is when it all goes down..
My new fish was very twitchy and the day after I got him, my 4 year old fish's fins got very red. I checked the water perimeters and they were perfect like always. so i did a tank change and put some aquarium salt in. The next day, she had 3 spots on her head, like ich and her fins were REALLY BAD like all red and starting to rot. so my fiance drove 200 miles to the nearest pet store with antibiotics to get meds that treat hemorrhagic septicemia and fin rot. we started treating my fish tank with maracyn 2, 8 days ago. About 5 days ago, we realized that ich causes secondary bacterial and fungal infections so we drove 200 miles again to get an ich med that we could treat with maracyn 2 (coppersafe). So i have been watching my perimeters closely, now I have no nitrates because the maracyn 2 killed my healthy bacteria and ive been doing 2, 50% water changes every other day to keep the ammonia at 0 and adding more coppersafe (for the new water) and the daily dose of maracyn 2. then, my poor fish started to get a fungal infection. she has cloud eye and her fins have a bunch of white cotton like dots on all of her fins. so I started dosing with maracyn 1 like the box says. so now im using 3 meds, one for gram negative infections, one for gram positive, and one for parasites.. for the most part my poor fish has not gotten any better.. she just keeps getting worse. the only thing that appears to be getting better is the fact that she isn't laying on the ground anymore, she is floating mid water staring into the corner of my tank.. and the new fish goldfish looks like he feels good.
So im just so lost!! I have no clue how else I can try to help her.. im doing everything i can and i need some advice.. i feel like she is going to die within the week if i cant get her fins under control.
My new fish was very twitchy and the day after I got him, my 4 year old fish's fins got very red. I checked the water perimeters and they were perfect like always. so i did a tank change and put some aquarium salt in. The next day, she had 3 spots on her head, like ich and her fins were REALLY BAD like all red and starting to rot. so my fiance drove 200 miles to the nearest pet store with antibiotics to get meds that treat hemorrhagic septicemia and fin rot. we started treating my fish tank with maracyn 2, 8 days ago. About 5 days ago, we realized that ich causes secondary bacterial and fungal infections so we drove 200 miles again to get an ich med that we could treat with maracyn 2 (coppersafe). So i have been watching my perimeters closely, now I have no nitrates because the maracyn 2 killed my healthy bacteria and ive been doing 2, 50% water changes every other day to keep the ammonia at 0 and adding more coppersafe (for the new water) and the daily dose of maracyn 2. then, my poor fish started to get a fungal infection. she has cloud eye and her fins have a bunch of white cotton like dots on all of her fins. so I started dosing with maracyn 1 like the box says. so now im using 3 meds, one for gram negative infections, one for gram positive, and one for parasites.. for the most part my poor fish has not gotten any better.. she just keeps getting worse. the only thing that appears to be getting better is the fact that she isn't laying on the ground anymore, she is floating mid water staring into the corner of my tank.. and the new fish goldfish looks like he feels good.
So im just so lost!! I have no clue how else I can try to help her.. im doing everything i can and i need some advice.. i feel like she is going to die within the week if i cant get her fins under control.
