GF has two bloody spots on his side

A couple of the bigger G Fish have lost a couple of scales lately, I've seen
them while vacuuming. But today the largest fish has two small blood spots
on his side. I hear them thrashing around at night, so I don't know if it's
an injury or disease. Could be columnaris, but I suspect injury.

Advice requested.

got a pleco in the tank with them?
what are your nitrates?
got gravel?
got a bit of salt in there?
Ingrid

"Bill Stock" wrote:

A couple of the bigger G Fish have lost a couple of scales lately, I've seen
them while vacuuming. But today the largest fish has two small blood spots
on his side. I hear them thrashing around at night, so I don't know if it's
an injury or disease. Could be columnaris, but I suspect injury.

Advice requested.





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got a pleco in the tank with them?

No slime suckers.

what are your nitrates?

Too High. Just did a water change and they're about 40. I'll do another
change or two on the weekend. Also did two big changes last weekend. I'm
also cycling a new canisterr filter along side the old filter with some
sintrered glass, hopefully that will help.

got gravel?

Yes, Yes, the evil gravel with RUGF. Gets vacuumed one a week. The boys will
be moving to a larger home in a few weeks, probably with river stone or some
other (minimal) large substrate.

got a bit of salt in there?

I've been resisting, as there's no easy/cheap way to monitor levels.
Contemplating some PP in the event it's bacteria. Your thoughts?

Ingrid

"Bill Stock" wrote:

A couple of the bigger G Fish have lost a couple of scales lately, I've
seen
them while vacuuming. But today the largest fish has two small blood
spots
on his side. I hear them thrashing around at night, so I don't know if
it's
an injury or disease. Could be columnaris, but I suspect injury.

Advice requested.





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

its water quality. keep changing some water every day.
cheap easy way is add the salt. use aquarium pharm. pond salt test kit. I usually
just do 2 or 3 water changes w/o adding salt which dilutes the salt, test, add to
0.1% and then 2 or 3 water changes, etc.
Ingrid

"Bill Stock" wrote:
got a bit of salt in there?

I've been resisting, as there's no easy/cheap way to monitor levels.
Contemplating some PP in the event it's bacteria. Your thoughts?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.