Thaiboxer
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hi all -
I am fairly experienced with FW aquariums, I run a 55 gallon SA cichlid tank at home. This question is regarding my 10 gallon tank I just set up at work.
This tank has been running for 1 month with 2 fancy goldfish. However, 1 died about a week ago. He always looked weak, so it was no surprise. Today I bought another fancy goldfish and a very small pleco (as he grows, he'll be moved to my large tank).
The new fancy goldfish is black, and has a few tiny white spots on one side. Having lost a great many fish to ich as a newbie, I'm paranoid! I'm going to wait to take action until I have a better idea of whether this is ich or not, but I'm wondering how to treat it in this tank. Why's that, you ask?
I've had great success treating ich with heat and salt. However, fancy goldfish are colder water fish - will they hold up to either? If it's ich, can I slowly crank up the temperature without killing off my fish? What about goldfish and a small amount of salt?
I'd appreciate advice from anyone who knows about fancy goldfish.
Thanks!
I am fairly experienced with FW aquariums, I run a 55 gallon SA cichlid tank at home. This question is regarding my 10 gallon tank I just set up at work.
This tank has been running for 1 month with 2 fancy goldfish. However, 1 died about a week ago. He always looked weak, so it was no surprise. Today I bought another fancy goldfish and a very small pleco (as he grows, he'll be moved to my large tank).
The new fancy goldfish is black, and has a few tiny white spots on one side. Having lost a great many fish to ich as a newbie, I'm paranoid! I'm going to wait to take action until I have a better idea of whether this is ich or not, but I'm wondering how to treat it in this tank. Why's that, you ask?
I've had great success treating ich with heat and salt. However, fancy goldfish are colder water fish - will they hold up to either? If it's ich, can I slowly crank up the temperature without killing off my fish? What about goldfish and a small amount of salt?
I'd appreciate advice from anyone who knows about fancy goldfish.
Thanks!