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**KMJ** · #3 October 7th 06, 11:55 PM

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so far, very good. the salt dip should have stripped most of the crapped up slime
coat off of him.
the white stuff is probably bacteria
http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/d...htm#COLUMNARIS
the fastest treatment is potassium permanganate but you may not have that, and feed
antibiotic food. otherwise, DONT FEED THE FISH, because toxic water is now the
biggest worry. you have to keep changing the water in the tank for him.
http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/d...htm#TUB_TO_TUB
If you can do the tub to tub method, add some salt in the water. 3 teas. per
gallon. Use rock salt with no additives.
tap water with dechlor unless you are on well water. be sure to match the
temperature so he doesnt get temp shock.

KMJ wrote:
He wasn't moving much and sinking to the bottom with
white stuff coming out from his gills as well as a white residue on his
body.
So far I've brought him inside and isolated him in a "hospital" tank
which has a filter and airator. I put some water conditioning drops in
and checked the PH which looks around 7. I also gave him a salt bath of
30% for a minute or so until he rolled over (I thought I'd killed him)
then put him back in the hospital and some fungucide drops in the
water. He's picked up a bit and is now swimming at the surface again
but not strongly.

Can anyone suggest what else I can do? Should I feed him or not? If
so what should I feed him. I read about frequent water changing of
30%, is that just with straight tap water? I thought changes to the
water would shock him. Like I said I don't know anything about keeping
goldfish and I don't want the little guy to die on my watch.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

Cheers,
KMJ

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Thank for the advice and the pointer to the Puregold website. Unfortunately I got to him too late and he died as well as 2 more fish in the pond. It's been a steep learning curve but I'm really getting into it now. I tested the PH in the pond water and it was around 9. I've managed to get it down to around 7.2 over the last few days and the other fish seem OK so far except a few have what looks like a white powdery mildew. Now I've got to figure out what this is fungus or bacteria and what made the 7 year old pond become so alkaline.

Cheers KMJ