goldfish

[Stu]

I have a large fancy goldfish (oranda). I have had him for a couple of years
with two other fancy goldfish in 40 gallon tank. He appears perfectly
healthy very energetic and feds well. However over the last few weeks a
growth has developed on his fin. It is in the form of a couple of white
balls about 10mm (half an inch in diameter) connected by a small amount of
white growth.

It has not spread to the other two fish, yet.

Does anybody have any idea what this can be. I do have a couple of photos I
could post to this site if that would help. Was not sure what the policy is
on this on this message board.

Any help appreciated.

Stu

[Charles]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:02:51 -0000, "Stu" >
wrote:

>I have a large fancy goldfish (oranda). I have had him for a couple of years
>with two other fancy goldfish in 40 gallon tank. He appears perfectly
>healthy very energetic and feds well. However over the last few weeks a
>growth has developed on his fin. It is in the form of a couple of white
>balls about 10mm (half an inch in diameter) connected by a small amount of
>white growth.
>
>It has not spread to the other two fish, yet.
>
>Does anybody have any idea what this can be. I do have a couple of photos I
>could post to this site if that would help. Was not sure what the policy is
>on this on this message board.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Stu
>


Pictures should properly go to alt.binaries.aquaria. Not all servers
carry that group, tho.


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[Freda]

Charles said

> Pictures should properly go to alt.binaries.aquaria. Not all servers
> carry that group, tho.

Indeed - and my ISP strips binaries from non-binary groups. The best way
is to sign up for a free geocities (for example) site, transfer the
pictures there and post a link.

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are they solid or soft? if soft, move to a bowl of the tank water, squeeze or lance
them, treat topically with antibiotics and return fish to tank.
what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH?
add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve first, add slowly.
Ingrid

"Stu" > wrote:

>I have a large fancy goldfish (oranda). I have had him for a couple of years
>with two other fancy goldfish in 40 gallon tank. He appears perfectly
>healthy very energetic and feds well. However over the last few weeks a
>growth has developed on his fin. It is in the form of a couple of white
>balls about 10mm (half an inch in diameter) connected by a small amount of
>white growth.
>
>It has not spread to the other two fish, yet.
>
>Does anybody have any idea what this can be. I do have a couple of photos I
>could post to this site if that would help. Was not sure what the policy is
>on this on this message board.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Stu
>



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