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He won't hold still long enough for a decent photo. I'm trying to describe it. There's no white spot. It looks red and sore. The other one is light red or dark pink but the left one is deep like inflammation red but not swollen.

My boyfriend and I got a second goldfish and a bigger tank. The new goldfish came with some issues and I wanna make sure I'm handling them the best I can. Our red cap oranda has the body shape of a koi or common goldfish. Also, he has a nice bright red sore in his left gill. His gill plate is...

Pudgie isn't my boyfriend's fish. We got her together. She's our fish. I'll see about quarantining the new fish when we get it.

Pudgie is a girl. I'm not sure about quarantining the new one. On one hand I can more easily watch for issues, but on the other, if I add them at the same time, there's less chance of one getting territorial.

It's not really room. It's more what we can do. I might see if he likes Pudgie in with a red cap oranda. Call me crazy, but those were the goldfish I fell in love with just because they looked like their brains were showing out the top of their head.

What are all your parameters? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and pH? What all are you adding to the tank?

Then it's most likely fin rot. Just do daily water changes for a couple weeks and if nothing happens or it looks line it's getting worse then we'll worry about antibiotics.

Is the black edging normal for him? Do you notice and discoloration?

So a 40 is the recommended minimum. At the pet store nearby that has a huge area of fish (my boyfriend couldn't pull me in another direction - my eyes were like ecstatic) they had a tank with just orandas in it. Would those be good friends? Or something not compatible? I'm just throwing out a...

Is a 40 the minimum for two goldfish like ours? I don't wanna cause them problems, but we're limited somewhat on what all we can do. We're looking at Petco's $1/gallon thing they almost always have on and when they don't they're still the cheapest I've seen. We're gonna see what we can do later...

I'll see what we're willing to go for. Our jobs and me being in college and us moving has made a lot of things difficult.

I would not advise Bettafix either. They are the same thing and work the same way. I personally would be wary of doing that.

Melafix is not an antibiotic and isn't betta safe. It messes with their breathing because of the labyrinth organ. Just start with water changes for a week or two. Don't change the filter cartridge.

At this moment we're looking at a 20 long with one more fish until they get bigger and then upgrade again.

We want to add one more fish to our lionhead we already have. We could add those systems soon. I just wanna know what kinds of goldfish we could add.