Recent content by Emma89

Thanks Delapool and Autumnsky! They are two very happy fish now :) Delapool - that's a cool idea! Please do update us when you've had a chance to experiment!

Hi Delapool, Thanks for the info and for your interest in the issue!! I'm still stumped too… the reason I thought it was okay to use Melafix and salt was because I couldn't find anything online that indicated there could be an issue, so I agree that understanding what happened seems to be a...

Thanks Roz and Delapool! Delapool, as for the salt and Melafix, I would have never clued in that it was the issue when I combined them in treating the ich had the lfs not told me, as I had used them in combination when I first got her to treat the original wounds from her tank mate, and...

Thanks for asking, Roz! Her condition deteriorated severely just after I had posted my last message here, and each dose of the API treatment made it worse. Her skin and fins began haemorrhaging, and I had to stop the meds prematurely… in a last ditch effort, I transitioned over to a salt (2...

Autumnsky - thank you so much for all of your insight! It's much appreciated! I've never treated a goldfish for ich before (only tropical fish), let alone one with several healing injuries. I'm so glad you posted about adding more aeration - I noticed today that she was gulping at the surface...

Thanks Autumnsky! I forgot to mention that I've had an air pump in for the last few days now, and added less water back in tonight to drop the water level - I'm glad I'm doing the right thing! Do you by any chance know what the max temp would be for an Oranda? I've been seeing a lot of mixed...

Thanks for following up! She was looking miserable today and just hanging out at the surface with a ton of ich spots/fins starting to clamp, so I decided to take a risk and change up the treatment… did a large water change, replaced it with healthy water from my other goldfish tank (tested for...

Well, her fins are healing wonderfully, but now she's covered in ich! :( I'm treating with salt, increased temp, and an herbal ich treatment, as I'm worried about her large patches of missing scales being sensitive to meds… does anyone have any advice on treating ich in fish with missing scales...

Thanks for the welcome! And I'm glad to hear that fish are good at bouncing back! Definitely going to be keeping up with daily water changes until her fins are healed. She looks so much better today - all of the blood is gone and her fins are already starting to look less tattered :)

Hi everyone, While at our local pet store tonight I noticed a huge (huge!) goldfish literally destroying a smaller oranda... I've never seen fish aggression to that degree before… it was actually disturbing to witness. After alerting an employee, the oranda was removed from the tank, but had...