txmustang
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a silver comet goldfish he for a long time has been showing a red steak across his body . It is very thin now on the bottom of his tail I see a dark red/brown place (thin small ) across his tail. He seems to be acting all right.We did just lose his tank buddy after he had been sick on and off for many years. He had popeye then he got swim bladder.His eyes never got better and for the last 2 yrs before he died he went blind. I did treat him for many different things but with only a pet store for help I am now uncertain that I was doing the right things and felt really badly when we lost him 3 days ago. I know now I have had them in to small of a tank. Sadly I already bought him a new tank mate. I am trying to find a 30 gallon tank until then they are in a marineland bow face 12 gallon tank.I am not able to split them up so I am thinking to try to med.both together. When I have checked the water we have been good. I always use bottled spring water and try to change every two weeks.I used to to complete water change and washed the rocks. I quit that and now use the water hose to suck up the junk off the rock. Two weeks ago I changed out their tank and that was when my little blind guy started getting sick again and sadly I did not catch it in time. I now see he was already weakened and the way I did all the things I thought were going to make it better made it worse. He got tail rot and I did not think it was any big deal .Now I would do this differently .Any advice would be great I had these first two little guys for about 8 yrs and do not want anything else to happen to the one I still have or his new friend. Help !