Spence22
Aquarium Advice Regular
1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.).
I have a Comet Goldfish. Has visible signs of fin and tail rot. The tail had a slit in it, about 2 weeks ago, i assumed he slit it on a plant. Now the tail has red/blood patches/spots on it. Tail looks ragged in some spots but smooth in others. The dorsal fin looks to have a slit now.
Another HUGE problem ive been dealing with is floating poop that appears to have air bubbles in it! The poop situation has been going on for well over a month.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrates: 10 ppm
temp: 72.3
PH: 7.6
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
29 gallon, has been set up for 5 almost 6 months.
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Fluval 205 canister filter: 110 gph
Marineland pengiun 150 biowheel: 150
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
One, Comet Goldfish, roughly 5-6 inchs with tail included.
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
I last did a water change and vacuumed gravel 3 days ago. However i did clean filter media from fluval 205 canister which holds 1 gallon of water so i had to replace one gallon of water afterwards. I do water changes atleast once a week, sometimes two if i think its needed. I usually remove ten gallons of water and replace with new dechlorinted tap water.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I have had my fish for approximately 3 years.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
Yes, I have just recently started using a dechlorinator. I was using API stress Coat, but switched to Aqueon. I know for a fact that my tap water has chronine and chloramine in it, so my local pet store reccomended Aqueon.
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
I started off feeding tetra flaked food for goldfish, switched to Topfin mixed variety pellets for goldfish, also use aqueon slow sinking pellets for goldfish, and ocasionally feed Hakari bloodworms.
I would like to mention that my goldfish has had fin and tail rot once before about 3 or 4 months ago. I took good pictures and showed them to my local pet store and they recommended API aquarium salt and Melafix. I bought both and used them both and it actually did an amazing job, I noticed great results within the first 2 or 3 days. Since it worked for me in the past i choose to try it again. Ive been using it for 4 days, tonight will be the 4th dose. Yesterday my petstore recommeded trying pimafix in combination with melafix so i grabbed it last night and dosed with it last night. Im just not really immpressed with the melafix this time around, i honestly dont notice any healing yet. Ive only did one dose of pimafix, which i really didnt want to use because im not big on throwing a buch of chemicals in my aquarium.
Before dosing with Melafix and Pimafix, I dosed my aquarium with API aquarium salt, I started out with a salinity of .5 or half a teaspoon per gallon. then movied it up to .75. Gave that a solid week and noticed my fish was less stressed but it was not helping the illness, tail began to look worse as days went on.
My goldfish just doesn't seem happy at all, I try so hard to keep everything perfect and he still just seems stressed. I would not consider him lethargic, but he does spend 80% of the time on the bottom of the tank. Hes not laying on the gravel, just kinda hubering toward the bottom. If i come around the tank then he starts swimming around. He is easily spooked though, sometimes if im near the aquarium and i make a sudden move he will get freaked out, and sometimes i barely even flinch and he gets scared.
I just need some general advice. Should i continue with the melafix and pimafix treatment or should i go another route? How can I stop the floating poop ? Any advice would be very helpful and appreciated.
Thanks
I have a Comet Goldfish. Has visible signs of fin and tail rot. The tail had a slit in it, about 2 weeks ago, i assumed he slit it on a plant. Now the tail has red/blood patches/spots on it. Tail looks ragged in some spots but smooth in others. The dorsal fin looks to have a slit now.
Another HUGE problem ive been dealing with is floating poop that appears to have air bubbles in it! The poop situation has been going on for well over a month.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrates: 10 ppm
temp: 72.3
PH: 7.6
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
29 gallon, has been set up for 5 almost 6 months.
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Fluval 205 canister filter: 110 gph
Marineland pengiun 150 biowheel: 150
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
One, Comet Goldfish, roughly 5-6 inchs with tail included.
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
I last did a water change and vacuumed gravel 3 days ago. However i did clean filter media from fluval 205 canister which holds 1 gallon of water so i had to replace one gallon of water afterwards. I do water changes atleast once a week, sometimes two if i think its needed. I usually remove ten gallons of water and replace with new dechlorinted tap water.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I have had my fish for approximately 3 years.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
Yes, I have just recently started using a dechlorinator. I was using API stress Coat, but switched to Aqueon. I know for a fact that my tap water has chronine and chloramine in it, so my local pet store reccomended Aqueon.
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
I started off feeding tetra flaked food for goldfish, switched to Topfin mixed variety pellets for goldfish, also use aqueon slow sinking pellets for goldfish, and ocasionally feed Hakari bloodworms.
I would like to mention that my goldfish has had fin and tail rot once before about 3 or 4 months ago. I took good pictures and showed them to my local pet store and they recommended API aquarium salt and Melafix. I bought both and used them both and it actually did an amazing job, I noticed great results within the first 2 or 3 days. Since it worked for me in the past i choose to try it again. Ive been using it for 4 days, tonight will be the 4th dose. Yesterday my petstore recommeded trying pimafix in combination with melafix so i grabbed it last night and dosed with it last night. Im just not really immpressed with the melafix this time around, i honestly dont notice any healing yet. Ive only did one dose of pimafix, which i really didnt want to use because im not big on throwing a buch of chemicals in my aquarium.
Before dosing with Melafix and Pimafix, I dosed my aquarium with API aquarium salt, I started out with a salinity of .5 or half a teaspoon per gallon. then movied it up to .75. Gave that a solid week and noticed my fish was less stressed but it was not helping the illness, tail began to look worse as days went on.
My goldfish just doesn't seem happy at all, I try so hard to keep everything perfect and he still just seems stressed. I would not consider him lethargic, but he does spend 80% of the time on the bottom of the tank. Hes not laying on the gravel, just kinda hubering toward the bottom. If i come around the tank then he starts swimming around. He is easily spooked though, sometimes if im near the aquarium and i make a sudden move he will get freaked out, and sometimes i barely even flinch and he gets scared.
I just need some general advice. Should i continue with the melafix and pimafix treatment or should i go another route? How can I stop the floating poop ? Any advice would be very helpful and appreciated.
Thanks
