ladyg110
Member
Hello everyone,
I'm a new member here, and I stumbled on this site while I was looking for a way to treat my sick Goldfish, I'm wondering if any of you can help as it seems that I can't find any information on the internet about what is wrong.
I noticed about 2 weeks ago that my goldfish has developed a 'hole' around his anus, it is about the size of the tip of my little finger. He is quite a big fish, and the rest of my fish don't seem to have any symptoms. At first I thought it might have been there before and I hadn't noticed (it wasn't sore looking at all then) So I kept a close eye on him, and after a few days it started to turn red - so I treated the tank with FinRot and Fungus treatment. This didn't really have any effect.
Then I noticed the other fish were chasing him and biting the area, so I bought a sheet of plastic and separated him from the other fish, and treated him again with FinRot and Fungus treatment.
He has been on his own for a week now, and his anus is still very red. I have also noticed that his 'poop' isn't the same as it used to be sometimes it is pure white and looks like string and sometimes it is a browny reddy colour but it is very very thick. He seems a little 'quieter' now, but I think this may be because he feels under the weather?
He doesn't have any other symptoms at all, he isn't breathing heavily or too fast, he is still eating.
Does anyone know what this could be, how I can treat it, or what I should do?
Thank you
Ashley
P.S he is in a tropical tank - I don't know if this is relevant... he has lived happily in this tank for over 18 months though.
I'm a new member here, and I stumbled on this site while I was looking for a way to treat my sick Goldfish, I'm wondering if any of you can help as it seems that I can't find any information on the internet about what is wrong.
I noticed about 2 weeks ago that my goldfish has developed a 'hole' around his anus, it is about the size of the tip of my little finger. He is quite a big fish, and the rest of my fish don't seem to have any symptoms. At first I thought it might have been there before and I hadn't noticed (it wasn't sore looking at all then) So I kept a close eye on him, and after a few days it started to turn red - so I treated the tank with FinRot and Fungus treatment. This didn't really have any effect.
Then I noticed the other fish were chasing him and biting the area, so I bought a sheet of plastic and separated him from the other fish, and treated him again with FinRot and Fungus treatment.
He has been on his own for a week now, and his anus is still very red. I have also noticed that his 'poop' isn't the same as it used to be sometimes it is pure white and looks like string and sometimes it is a browny reddy colour but it is very very thick. He seems a little 'quieter' now, but I think this may be because he feels under the weather?
He doesn't have any other symptoms at all, he isn't breathing heavily or too fast, he is still eating.
Does anyone know what this could be, how I can treat it, or what I should do?
Thank you
Ashley
P.S he is in a tropical tank - I don't know if this is relevant... he has lived happily in this tank for over 18 months though.