Scales

Hi
My 4yo. fantail goldfish has started to shed his scales on one side.
No change to tank ornaments etc. He/she has had a recurring problem
(looks like fungus) on the tail - but I've been trying to treat this
(gently) for years.
Otherwise he is bright healthy and seems to enjoy life.
Any ideas?

what are your water parameters. nearly always this is due to really poor water
quality. start changing 30-50% of your water ever day for a week. add 1 teaspoon
salt per 5 gallons (salt with no additives). predissolve before adding OR use rock
salt. Ingrid

"Bolly Olly" wrote:

Hi
My 4yo. fantail goldfish has started to shed his scales on one side.
No change to tank ornaments etc. He/she has had a recurring problem
(looks like fungus) on the tail - but I've been trying to treat this
(gently) for years.
Otherwise he is bright healthy and seems to enjoy life.
Any ideas?




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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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.

Think I'll have to buy some testing kit (any suggestions). I have a
90L tank with one fish & change 20L each week. Have 2x Fluval 3 plus
filters & 1x vigorous airstone. Also I hoover gravel about once a
month (this routine has gone on for 4 years).
Too be honest I thought I was quite good at house-keeping - obviously
not
Thanks for your advice.
Bolly
wrote in message
...
what are your water parameters. nearly always this is due to really
poor water
quality. start changing 30-50% of your water ever day for a week.
add 1 teaspoon
salt per 5 gallons (salt with no additives). predissolve before
adding OR use rock
salt. Ingrid

"Bolly Olly" wrote:

Hi
My 4yo. fantail goldfish has started to shed his scales on one
side.
No change to tank ornaments etc. He/she has had a recurring problem
(looks like fungus) on the tail - but I've been trying to treat
this
(gently) for years.
Otherwise he is bright healthy and seems to enjoy life.
Any ideas?




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

Bolly Olly wrote:

Think I'll have to buy some testing kit (any suggestions). I have a
90L tank with one fish & change 20L each week. Have 2x Fluval 3 plus
filters & 1x vigorous airstone. Also I hoover gravel about once a
month (this routine has gone on for 4 years).
Too be honest I thought I was quite good at house-keeping - obviously
not

Your house keeping seems fine. Test kits are recommended. Ammonia, Nitrite,
Nitrate and PH testers.

it is time to thoroughly clean the gravel, that is move the fish to a tub of the tank
water with an airstone (must have airstone in there) and completely remove and rinse
the gravel in treated water until water rinses clean. then reassemble. when I had
gravel I had to do this every 4 months or so.
dont scrub the tank down. there are lots of good biobugs on the tank.
Ingrid

"Bolly Olly" wrote:

Think I'll have to buy some testing kit (any suggestions). I have a
90L tank with one fish & change 20L each week. Have 2x Fluval 3 plus
filters & 1x vigorous airstone. Also I hoover gravel about once a
month (this routine has gone on for 4 years).
Too be honest I thought I was quite good at house-keeping - obviously
not
Thanks for your advice.
Bolly
wrote in message
...
what are your water parameters. nearly always this is due to really
poor water
quality. start changing 30-50% of your water ever day for a week.
add 1 teaspoon
salt per 5 gallons (salt with no additives). predissolve before
adding OR use rock
salt. Ingrid

"Bolly Olly" wrote:

Hi
My 4yo. fantail goldfish has started to shed his scales on one
side.
No change to tank ornaments etc. He/she has had a recurring problem
(looks like fungus) on the tail - but I've been trying to treat
this
(gently) for years.
Otherwise he is bright healthy and seems to enjoy life.
Any ideas?




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

Thanks for your help people it's much apprieciated.
Bolly
wrote in message
...
it is time to thoroughly clean the gravel, that is move the fish to
a tub of the tank
water with an airstone (must have airstone in there) and completely
remove and rinse
the gravel in treated water until water rinses clean. then
reassemble. when I had
gravel I had to do this every 4 months or so.
dont scrub the tank down. there are lots of good biobugs on the
tank.
Ingrid

"Bolly Olly" wrote:

Think I'll have to buy some testing kit (any suggestions). I have a
90L tank with one fish & change 20L each week. Have 2x Fluval 3
plus
filters & 1x vigorous airstone. Also I hoover gravel about once a
month (this routine has gone on for 4 years).
Too be honest I thought I was quite good at house-keeping -
obviously
not
Thanks for your advice.
Bolly
wrote in message
...
what are your water parameters. nearly always this is due to
really
poor water
quality. start changing 30-50% of your water ever day for a
week.
add 1 teaspoon
salt per 5 gallons (salt with no additives). predissolve before
adding OR use rock
salt. Ingrid

"Bolly Olly" wrote:

Hi
My 4yo. fantail goldfish has started to shed his scales on one
side.
No change to tank ornaments etc. He/she has had a recurring
problem
(looks like fungus) on the tail - but I've been trying to treat
this
(gently) for years.
Otherwise he is bright healthy and seems to enjoy life.
Any ideas?




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.