Help needed to identify fish disease

[David Pym]

Hi All,

I wonder if someone could help me - I have just returned from a 2 week
vacation to discover my goldfish (who were being fed by a friend)
have become diseased.

The fish themselves are black moors and fantails and the symptoms are
as follows:

White ragedy edging on the tails
White cotton wool like coating on the eyes
General all over opalescence on the black moors
Dorsal fin laying down along the back rather than erect
Generally lethargic and miserable looking

They are, however, still feeding.

I'm not sure if it's finrot, fish fungus, velvet disease, white eye
disease or a combination of all the above. I can't seem to find any
good photo's on the net of fish disease.

If you can identify the problem from my description, what should I
treat it with (UK known brands would be helpful)

Many thanks in advance

David






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[Dennis Fox]

First step would be to do major water change (up to 30% or 40%) with
good gravel vacuuming. All those symptoms are consistent with
problematic water conditions ... perhaps from over-feeding.

-Dennis

David Pym wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I wonder if someone could help me - I have just returned from a 2 week
> vacation to discover my goldfish (who were being fed by a friend)
> have become diseased.
>
> The fish themselves are black moors and fantails and the symptoms are
> as follows:
>
> White ragedy edging on the tails
> White cotton wool like coating on the eyes
> General all over opalescence on the black moors
> Dorsal fin laying down along the back rather than erect
> Generally lethargic and miserable looking
>
> They are, however, still feeding.
>
> I'm not sure if it's finrot, fish fungus, velvet disease, white eye
> disease or a combination of all the above. I can't seem to find any
> good photo's on the net of fish disease.
>
> If you can identify the problem from my description, what should I
> treat it with (UK known brands would be helpful)
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> David
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Creator and FAQ keeper of uk.comp.vendors
> http://www.psycloud.co.uk/faq/ucv-faq.html

[BErney1014]

>If you can identify the problem from my description, what should I
>treat it with (UK known brands would be helpful)

Visit FishDoc, a UK site. Should be easy to fix, start with a major water
change.

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sounds like somebody overfed the fish and the water is totally foul and toxic.

EMERGENCY
1. check the water parameters: pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrates
2. do the fish physical
3. change some or all of the water, add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons water
4. do the tub to tub method or change 50% of the water for the next 5 days
but I would do the salt dip to strip off the raggedy slime coat
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/technique/technique.html#Jo_Ann's_Fish_Physical
Ingrid

David Pym > wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I wonder if someone could help me - I have just returned from a 2 week
>vacation to discover my goldfish (who were being fed by a friend)
>have become diseased.
>
>The fish themselves are black moors and fantails and the symptoms are
>as follows:
>
>White ragedy edging on the tails
>White cotton wool like coating on the eyes
>General all over opalescence on the black moors
>Dorsal fin laying down along the back rather than erect
>Generally lethargic and miserable looking
>
>They are, however, still feeding.
>
>I'm not sure if it's finrot, fish fungus, velvet disease, white eye
>disease or a combination of all the above. I can't seem to find any
>good photo's on the net of fish disease.
>
>If you can identify the problem from my description, what should I
>treat it with (UK known brands would be helpful)
>
>Many thanks in advance
>
>David
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Creator and FAQ keeper of uk.comp.vendors
>http://www.psycloud.co.uk/faq/ucv-faq.html



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[Gunther]

In article >, says...
> First step would be to do major water change (up to 30% or 40%) with
> good gravel vacuuming. All those symptoms are consistent with
> problematic water conditions ... perhaps from over-feeding.
>

Agreed, but 30-40% hardly qualifies as "major" water change, does it?
My normal PWCs (week to 10 days) are never less than 50%,
and more usually 75-80%. The only negative factor there is that
it makes temperature matching a bit harder to get right,
but it can be done.

In cases where severe water problems are indicated (as here),
100% may be called for, which is the same thing as removing the fish
to a hospital, yes?

Gunther