Re: Something is eating goldfish

[Sean]

hi I noticed that my goldfish I just bought about 3 weeks ago are getting
eating by something and I know it is not my guppies that are in the tank I
put some ick treatment in it say on the bottle for parasites and other forms
of ick my black goldfish has a really big and I mean big white spot it also
seems like its getting eating can someone please help me on a way of saving
my fish thanks

[DCrowno835]

>t also
>seems like its getting eating can someone please help me on a way of saving
>my fish thanks

Do you have a ple*cos in the tank?

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what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH? how many
fish, how big, how much water (gallons), how much filtration, got gravel, what kind
of food and how much do you feed per day? Ingrid

"Sean" > wrote:

>hi I noticed that my goldfish I just bought about 3 weeks ago are getting
>eating by something and I know it is not my guppies that are in the tank I
>put some ick treatment in it say on the bottle for parasites and other forms
>of ick my black goldfish has a really big and I mean big white spot it also
>seems like its getting eating can someone please help me on a way of saving
>my fish thanks
>



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[Sean]

water quality's are fine I have 2 goldfish 2 guppies and 2 algae eaters it
is a 50gl tank and I have a fluval 403 for filtration and I do have gravel
it is the big stuff really easy to clean also I feed them twice a day in
morning and night just a pinch and also the tank is optigon

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right, it isnt the guppies. the GF will eat the guppies. it is the algae eaters
that are going after your GF when the lights are off.
move the algae eaters out, do the salt dip on the GF.
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm
put 1 teaspoon of salt per 5 gallons of water and hopefully they will come around.
Ingrid

"Sean" > wrote:

>water quality's are fine I have 2 goldfish 2 guppies and 2 algae eaters it
>is a 50gl tank and I have a fluval 403 for filtration and I do have gravel
>it is the big stuff really easy to clean also I feed them twice a day in
>morning and night just a pinch and also the tank is optigon
>



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[Sean]

no no these are Pleco algae eaters they do not suck on my goldfish while
they are swiming but i am still undering what is eating them also i wanted
to know what is the temp for killing off parisites please help Sean and my
two little guppies are as happy as birds lol

[Mel]

ALL plecos, (except bristlenoses and one other kind but can't remember what
they're called!) eventually end up sucking on goldfish which is why they
really shouldn't be kept together. Your guppies have only escaped it because
they are too small and fast for the pleco to get hold of. Plecos become
active at night so as you're asleep you probably wouldn't see it happening.
As for the parasites, what kind are we talking about? I doubt if temperature
alone would do it. You'll probably find you need to treat with an
appropriate medication.
Mel.

"Sean" > wrote in message
...
> no no these are Pleco algae eaters they do not suck on my goldfish while
> they are swiming but i am still undering what is eating them also i wanted
> to know what is the temp for killing off parisites please help Sean and my
> two little guppies are as happy as birds lol
>
>

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yes, yes, the plecos are probably after the GF slime coat at night. one of the signs
the plecos are doing this is the GF dart around the tank faster than their normal
poking around, and stay away from the pleco. Ingrid

"Sean" > wrote:

>no no these are Pleco algae eaters they do not suck on my goldfish while
>they are swiming but i am still undering what is eating them also i wanted
>to know what is the temp for killing off parisites please help Sean and my
>two little guppies are as happy as birds lol
>



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endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Sean]

well in my other tank wich is a 20 gl something was eating away at my
brothers fish untill we made a pond for them and put them outside they are
doing very good i think at least there tails and one of the goldfishes eyes
were eating off of it i have drained the tank but i do not know what to use
in it i think it was a serious case of fin rot can someone please help
thanks