Help me help my black bubble eyed goldfish!?
Okay so, I had a 15 gallon fish tank with three fancy goldfish in it one of them a black bubble eye. One of the fish died abruptly and I dont know why. A few days later I got a 30 gallon tank and moved my fish into that, also bought a baby fancy goldfish and added it to the tank. I noticed my black fish was lying on its side and had some white spots all over it. He still has a perfect appitite, but right after he feeds he goes back to his corner and lays on his side. After much google-ing i determind it to be caused by Ich. I went to the pet store to get treatment for it and I got QuIck Cure and some salt the store guy recomended. I used both products and have done 1/3 water changes both days and my fish isnt looking any better. I had to remover the baby fish because he was biting my black fishes cheeks and fins. Now I dont see spots but the fish lookes like he has baby powder all over it. grey and almost dry if that makes sense? Also he has some gold specs like his black scales are coming off to reveal orange ones?? This is really stressing me out because he is the only fish I really like and I dont want him to die and now I have this little fish in a bowl because he’s trying to eat my big black fish!! Id appriciate any advice or suggestions. Thanks for reading.
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November 26th, 2009 at 07:21
It was definetly ich. Maybe the treatment isn’t working because you didn’t remove the carbon from the filter? Keep up with your water changes and the fact that the ich isn’t white but gray is a good sign. Gold specs could be a sign of internal parasites or a tumor depending on how large they are for now I would keep treating your goldfish with ich and hope for the best. The orange spots could also come from the other goldfish biting it. For now I would keep up with what you are already doing and hope for the best.
Good Luck!
November 26th, 2009 at 07:21
you should take it out but also it could of been pregnet so i would watch closely if you see white sort of eggs take it out and put in a new container then you be an owner of new born fish but i could be wrong but im like 99% sure that it is pregnet