HELP!! red lines in fins

[snabba]

my goldfish has a ton of red lines going through her fins and her tail
seems to be rotting away it now has jagged edges and seems to have a
white fungus coat on it I noticed some ich the other day so I treated
the tank with salt but now this so maybe it's not ich IDK



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[Geezer From The Freezer]

snabba wrote:
> my goldfish has a ton of red lines going through her fins and her tail
> seems to be rotting away it now has jagged edges and seems to have a
> white fungus coat on it I noticed some ich the other day so I treated
> the tank with salt but now this so maybe it's not ich IDK

snabba

red streaks are normally water quality issues. Have you been changing
any water?? If not you might want to test your water. Also, is the
surface moved to allow oxygenation?

[graham chapman]

Geezer From The Freezer wrote:
> snabba wrote:
>
>> my goldfish has a ton of red lines going through her fins and her tail
>> seems to be rotting away it now has jagged edges and seems to have a
>> white fungus coat on it I noticed some ich the other day so I treated
>> the tank with salt but now this so maybe it's not ich IDK
>
>
> snabba
>
> red streaks are normally water quality issues. Have you been changing
> any water?? If not you might want to test your water. Also, is the
> surface moved to allow oxygenation?

According to this web site: http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/home.html
RED STREAKS
Two reasons for red streaking, ammonia and/or nitrite spikes in the
water or the water has really degraded. That means the gills are most
likely to be fried and dark red. Using a harsh medication on fried gills
is not a good idea and will stress the fish further. The only thing
that helps in this case is water changes every two or three days for a
while. And then the right sized tanks with gravel cleaning/water
changes once a week.

The second is systemic bacteria infection and the gills would more
likely be lighter red to pink. Antibiotic food and/or oxolinic acid is
indicated along with water changes. Healthy, unstressed fish are quite
resistant to bacteria. Unless a new fish has been added without
quarantine.

I was told by local fish dealer that this could be due to stress as
well. Both my Shumbkins died very quickly, and they had red streaks on
their fins as well...
Graham

[snabba]

I forgot my water parameters are fine ammonia(0) nirates(20) and
nitrites (0)



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[snabba]

it's cAlled red pest i think sounds just like it dosen't look good
though seems hard to treat not such a good outlook



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[Geezer From The Freezer]

snabba wrote:
> I forgot my water parameters are fine ammonia(0) nirates(20) and
> nitrites (0)
>

Oxygen levels?

[snabba]

umm my water is fine I already posted the results That was the first
thing I tested the tank itself is about 6 moths old so the ammonia and
nitrites aren't spiking due to cycling a tank Yes the water is aerated
there is an air stone and the filter drops the water down into the tank
like a water fall. I've been treating the water with macryn two and a
anti bacterial disinfectant for fish and it seems to be working I
noticed the lines were less yesterday I've been treating since sunday so
maybe she'll pull through



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