nikkih
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Suspected fin rot (in fantail goldfish)
Hi all,
I posted before to get advice when doing a forced fish-in cycle after adopting both a fan-tail goldfish fish and it's 30 gallon tank.
We think the fish-in-cycle is done. Recently went away and when came back the water was 0.25 or less for both ammonia and nitrite and it had been at least 7 days. So he (or she) survived.
However, I suspect fin rot is present. We were told he might have a fungal infection or fin rot when we got him. I suspect his water quality was not good before we got him. It's a lot better now obviously and we did a daily 25-50% PWCs as needed during the cycle depending on how bad the water quality was - although there were days that the ammonia was creeping to 1ppm before the water change was completed.
I'll try to get pictures but he keeps moving! In the meantime, I'm seeing a slight tear/shredding to his pelvic fins and anal fins and one or two white spots on his beautiful caudual fin.
I've ordered API Melafix and API Aquarium Salt from Amazon which arrive tomorrow. Is this the right step forward do you think?
Also as the only occupant to his tank I don't think I need to move him to a different tank do I?
Thanks in advance - nikkih
Hi all,
I posted before to get advice when doing a forced fish-in cycle after adopting both a fan-tail goldfish fish and it's 30 gallon tank.
We think the fish-in-cycle is done. Recently went away and when came back the water was 0.25 or less for both ammonia and nitrite and it had been at least 7 days. So he (or she) survived.
However, I suspect fin rot is present. We were told he might have a fungal infection or fin rot when we got him. I suspect his water quality was not good before we got him. It's a lot better now obviously and we did a daily 25-50% PWCs as needed during the cycle depending on how bad the water quality was - although there were days that the ammonia was creeping to 1ppm before the water change was completed.
I'll try to get pictures but he keeps moving! In the meantime, I'm seeing a slight tear/shredding to his pelvic fins and anal fins and one or two white spots on his beautiful caudual fin.
I've ordered API Melafix and API Aquarium Salt from Amazon which arrive tomorrow. Is this the right step forward do you think?
Also as the only occupant to his tank I don't think I need to move him to a different tank do I?
Thanks in advance - nikkih