help with goldfish.. turning black

[Rich]

i have agoldfish and its fins and gills are turning black .. it also doesnt
move around very much . what can i do?
thanks

[sophie]

In message <qFQPd.17630$uc.7832@trnddc05>, Rich
> writes
>i have agoldfish and its fins and gills are turning black .. it also doesnt
>move around very much . what can i do?
>thanks

big water changes.
This sounds like ammonia burns and your fish needs clean, dechlorinated
water and a good filter.

what kind of tank setup do you have?

sorry if this sounds a bit terse; it's hard to help without more
context.

--
sophie

[Rich]

30 gal with a wisper filter ... i havent changed the water in 3wks but have
added new .. maybee 5 gal

"sophie" > wrote in message
...
> In message <qFQPd.17630$uc.7832@trnddc05>, Rich >
> writes
>>i have agoldfish and its fins and gills are turning black .. it also
>>doesnt
>>move around very much . what can i do?
>>thanks
>
> big water changes.
> This sounds like ammonia burns and your fish needs clean, dechlorinated
> water and a good filter.
>
> what kind of tank setup do you have?
>
> sorry if this sounds a bit terse; it's hard to help without more context.
>
> --
> sophie

[sophie]

In message <6MQPd.17653$uc.2246@trnddc05>, Rich
> writes
>30 gal with a wisper filter ... i havent changed the water in 3wks but have
>added new .. maybee 5 gal

do you have a test kit for ammonia?
In the meantime, I think 25% water changes daily would be a good idea.
Good clean water is usually half the remedy for sick fish.
Is it the edges of the fins and gills that are going black? because I
can't think of any other cause for that other than ammonia burns.
If you haven't been dechlorinating new water then the chlorine does kill
off filter bacteria as well as hurting the fish.

hth,

>
>"sophie" > wrote in message
...
>> In message <qFQPd.17630$uc.7832@trnddc05>, Rich >
>> writes
>>>i have agoldfish and its fins and gills are turning black .. it also
>>>doesnt
>>>move around very much . what can i do?
>>>thanks
>>
>> big water changes.
>> This sounds like ammonia burns and your fish needs clean, dechlorinated
>> water and a good filter.
>>
>> what kind of tank setup do you have?
>>
>> sorry if this sounds a bit terse; it's hard to help without more context.
>>
>> --
>> sophie
>
>

--
sophie

[Rich]

thank you for all the info.
i dont use any dechlorinating sence i have spring water
again thank you and i will try changing the water more often
"sophie" > wrote in message
...
> In message <6MQPd.17653$uc.2246@trnddc05>, Rich >
> writes
>>30 gal with a wisper filter ... i havent changed the water in 3wks but
>>have
>>added new .. maybee 5 gal
>
> do you have a test kit for ammonia?
> In the meantime, I think 25% water changes daily would be a good idea.
> Good clean water is usually half the remedy for sick fish.
> Is it the edges of the fins and gills that are going black? because I
> can't think of any other cause for that other than ammonia burns.
> If you haven't been dechlorinating new water then the chlorine does kill
> off filter bacteria as well as hurting the fish.
>
> hth,
>
>>
>>"sophie" > wrote in message
...
>>> In message <qFQPd.17630$uc.7832@trnddc05>, Rich
>>> >
>>> writes
>>>>i have agoldfish and its fins and gills are turning black .. it also
>>>>doesnt
>>>>move around very much . what can i do?
>>>>thanks
>>>
>>> big water changes.
>>> This sounds like ammonia burns and your fish needs clean, dechlorinated
>>> water and a good filter.
>>>
>>> what kind of tank setup do you have?
>>>
>>> sorry if this sounds a bit terse; it's hard to help without more
>>> context.
>>>
>>> --
>>> sophie
>>
>>
>
> --
> sophie

[Kay]

Rich wrote:
> thank you for all the info.
> i dont use any dechlorinating sence i have spring water
> again thank you and i will try changing the water more often
> "sophie" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>In message <6MQPd.17653$uc.2246@trnddc05>, Rich >
>>writes
>>
>>>30 gal with a wisper filter ... i havent changed the water in 3wks but
>>>have
>>>added new .. maybee 5 gal
>>
>>do you have a test kit for ammonia?
>>In the meantime, I think 25% water changes daily would be a good idea.
>>Good clean water is usually half the remedy for sick fish.
>>Is it the edges of the fins and gills that are going black? because I
>>can't think of any other cause for that other than ammonia burns.
>>If you haven't been dechlorinating new water then the chlorine does kill
>>off filter bacteria as well as hurting the fish.
>>
>>hth,
>>
>>
>>>"sophie" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>>In message <qFQPd.17630$uc.7832@trnddc05>, Rich
>
>>>>writes
>>>>
>>>>>i have agoldfish and its fins and gills are turning black .. it also
>>>>>doesnt
>>>>>move around very much . what can i do?
>>>>>thanks
>>>>
>>>>big water changes.
>>>>This sounds like ammonia burns and your fish needs clean, dechlorinated
>>>>water and a good filter.
>>>>
>>>>what kind of tank setup do you have?
>>>>
>>>>sorry if this sounds a bit terse; it's hard to help without more
>>>>context.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>sophie
>>>
>>>
>>--
>>sophie
>
>
>
He might be maturing. thats what my goldfish did, even someon on here
said it was blackspot desease.

Kay

[Geezer From The Freezer]

Rich wrote:
>
> thank you for all the info.
> i dont use any dechlorinating sence i have spring water
> again thank you and i will try changing the water more often

I could be way off here, but isn't spring water PH unstable??
Not that it would turn your fish black.

[Starfish]

Yeah spring waters KH isnt very high, I think you're right geezer
"Geezer From The Freezer" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Rich wrote:
>>
>> thank you for all the info.
>> i dont use any dechlorinating sence i have spring water
>> again thank you and i will try changing the water more often
>
> I could be way off here, but isn't spring water PH unstable??
> Not that it would turn your fish black.

[Azul_Azure]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:38:14 GMT, "Rich" >
wrote:

>i have agoldfish and its fins and gills are turning black .. it also doesnt
>move around very much . what can i do?
>thanks
>
Change the water, change the water and change the water.

That is always the first thing to try.

Make sure you are using temperature matched water with
a water treatment to remove chlorine and chloramines.

[Sarah Navarro]

Mine did that too when I first got them and didn't know how to properly care
for them (they were Walmart feeder fish). I think it was ammonia burns. I
started doing water changes every day and then the brown/black spots went
away. Although mine never stopped moving or changing their behaviour at
all. I would just change the water daily if I was you. Mine are now very
beautiful and healthy.

Sarah


"Azul_Azure" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:38:14 GMT, "Rich" >
> wrote:
>
>>i have agoldfish and its fins and gills are turning black .. it also
>>doesnt
>>move around very much . what can i do?
>>thanks
>>