Hello, our pond fish in md spawned and we have babbies.... mostley
shubinkuins and sarassas.... anyone intrested? I have a 300 tank full on
babies. Ola
"KMJ" wrote in message
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I'm a complete newbie to this site and goldfish keeping in general. I'm
looking after my dad's place while he's away and I've noticed the
goldfish in the pond aren't doing too well. One guy in particular is
in a bad way. 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. I took him to an aquarium and the guy said he didn't know what it
was and didn't offer any advice as the fish was probably going to die
away. Needless to say I though he was an idiot and started searching
the net for answers.

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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KMJ