Jamz3k

One of my goldfish is fooked, it has literally ballooned in size, eye popping out stuff and scales pushed out. It also has what looks to be blisters forming on its body. Doesn't look uncomfortable or anything but can't help but think it must be in a good bit of pain. Whats SN thought on whats wrong with my fishy, checked the water PH, Temp etc and everythings pimp.

here's some pics, not great but it doesn't like cameras


This is Lala previous to getting fat:



And just cus i think he's class, heres Lenny! He loves da camera.

spireite

How often are you feeding them

Jamz3k

once a day 6 days a week and then starved for a day as per instruction by some fishy guy

yoza

Q:Anyone know anything about goldfish?

A:Yes...I got two of them and a Balloon for my MY01 WRX.

spireite

I have 4 around twice the size of the one you posted up ,ours get fed twice a week . We used to feed them daily and the same happened

dpb

Pregnant , ?

Jamz3k

did it happen to all of your fish? I'll try feeding them less then.

spireite

All 4 yes , we were told by someone at the garden centre aquatic centre to feed em daily , but the woman at pets at home said twice a week is enough .

Leslie

It might be similar to the skin infection you often see on sea trout which they seem to pick up in fresh water. It seems to go away after a while with a bit of luck. Could well be infectious to the other fish though.

Les

Jamz3k

I have 3 other fish in the tank and they aren't showing any issues, they all seem grand

Spireite, my local Pets at Home employ idiots that are thick as champ, i wouldn't trust them to tell me how to look after a pet rock.

Foofighter

Unfotunately this could be a disease called "dropsy" but judging by your pics it doesnt look as bad as that.The disease is usually fatal and highly contagious.Ideally your best bet would be to quarantine it so your other fish don't get infected and treat both tanks with a good anti-bacterial product.Hope this helps and sorry to be the bearer of bad news!!!

Foofighter

By the way do you check your ammonia and nitrite/nitrate levels?

spireite

The 1st 4 we killed , but the ones we have now have been going about 18 month .

Jamz3k

haven't test ammonia, just PH Nitrite, Nitrate and Carbonate with test strips. Don't have anything at the mo for ammonia testing.

Foofighter

Ammonia and nitrite are the 2 you should check most often as these are the most poisonous to the fish.But as its only the one fish your having probs with then its not high levels of ammonia anyway.

spireite

Just spoke to the mrs and we had to change the food we were feeding as that blows their internal organs up they now get fed blood worms , you will also need some anti bacterial stuff (can't remember what its called ) but do it asap or it wont survive

Janspeed

iTrader: (1)

They are fish, and they are gold.

BlkKnight

You can keep your ammonia levels down by water changes - how often do you change some out?

Foofighter

Yeah,water changes should be minimum 25% once a week

urban

iTrader: (1)

its up the duff - the black one has rifled it.

Maybe another black one got involved and they spit roasted it

Jamz3k

We do a 50% change once a week then a full change probably every 4/5weeks.

Typically of you to drag a thread down your depths.

wasbakerman

What he said, no cure so unless it is really close to you kill it (very few fish survive as there is no realy cure). As for the suggested water changes way too much, assuming it is a reasonable size tank for the fish you have then say 10-20% per week is plenty, never do more than 50% in one go ever.

tarmac terror

iTrader: (2)

If you are going to use any fish treatments, take any carbon / charcoal filter media out of your filtration system otherwise they'll get neutralised.

You could try adding some aquarium salt about 1 tea spoonful per gallon - this will help reduce bacteria in the water, protozoa and low forms of life are intolerant to salt it wont do your fish any harm - make sure its aquarium salt not the stuff you lash over your chips.

GT Scooby blue

iTrader: (14)

Right lets break this down into a step by step analysis.............

In the first picture everything looks quite normal, although I would be concerned about the black hole lurking in the top right hand corner.

In the second picture the black fish looks very smug. I would also be very concerned about the rapid growth rate of the maroon coloured weed in the backgound which can send off noxious gases.

Picture number 3 looks normal enough, but why is the sick fish sucking a dummy?
This may be directly attributing to the rapid growth of the maritime maroon weed as previously mentioned.

In the fourth picture it is obvious that the maritime maroon weed has taken over and completely distorted the black fishes orientation. This can obviously be seen by the bulging eyes and pouting mouth.

Solution......... Take the dummy out of the goldfishes mouth and the maritime maroon weed should stop growing, thus leaving a little more oxygen in your tank.