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Hi, I am the girlfriend!

I have done the 30% water change earlier as suggested - thank you Mel.

I went to the fish shop and explained the problem and advice I got from this
newsgroup. The bloke in there has always given me good advice in the past,
he said there was nothing wrong with the fish, it was a pigment change, and
that this does happen to goldfish over the years. He said what I should
worry about was if the spots were white or red.

I did the test for the water as suggested too, and there is no problem with
ammonia and nitrites or nitrates - all levels are fine and within the ok
ranges on the test kit literature. I called the guy in the fish shop to make
sure I was reading the results right.

He said if it was ammonia then both the fish would have the problem with
these burns.

So my question is, what do I do now!?!


You keep doing the water changes as suggested and
monitor ammonia/nitrites/nitrates closely.
It's simple enough to do, and is never harmful
unless you do it wrong.
G