happy_jack

Hi ,

I`ve got a goldfish in dire straits. About a month ago he started laying at the bottom of the tank most of the time (55 gallon shared with 5 barbs , 1 catfish , 1 tetra , 1 snail , 1 blue crawdad , 1 guppie).

He developed a white bump on his back so I put him in a seperate 5 gallon tank 2 weeks ago. Medicated with maracyn , maroxy & melafix. Week later he looks better but still not swimming around. I put him back in the big tank , thought that would help. Well , that made things worse , the barbs chewed his tail up. He was in the large tank 1.5 days.

I put him back in the seperate tank , started him back on medication. Give him 1 epsom salt bath to see if that would help. He`s quit eating , has developed black spots all over now and lays at the bottom all of the time. I read that peas would help but he won`t eat them. I read that the the black spots might be because his skin is healing.

Changed some of his water today to clean it out , gave him som tuberworms and I think he ate those. Anyway , he looks pretty rough as the picture shows. Have had him about a year , I don`t know if he`s going to get better. I don`t know what else to try , any suggestions ? I`ve debated on just getting him out of his misery.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading.
George

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mlinden84

Goldfish like colder water than the barbs, guppies, tetras, etc. The warmer water may be what's making him sick? Does he have a heater in his new tank? I don't know tons about diseases (mine have been thankfully pretty healthy). I wouldn't put him back in the tank with the others, especially if they are nipping at him. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!

Michelle

COBettaCouple

You might try:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...&N=2004+113021
and
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...8&N=2004+22763
on him.. it sounds like a fungus perhaps and vitamins could help strengthen his system with the anti-fungal treatment to get it cleared out. the anti-fungal treatment is organic and safe and may work. You can find the Rid-Fungus locally perhaps, but vitachem might be harder to locate. Best of luck with your little goldie.