Single White Spot

My 6" goldfish has developed a single white spot (about 2mm diameter) on his
nose. Initially it appeared as if the skin on the spot was flaking away and
after treatment with anti fungus / finrot medication the affected area
seemed to improve, but now it's flared up again. The area does not appear to
be like cotton wool, nor is there any other discolouration around the spot.
At the moment my fish is acting normally & I'm doing daily water changes
even though all the water parameters are fine.

I can't see any description that accurately describes the symptoms on the
websites mentioned within this newsgroup, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Is it a male goldfish? Could it possibly be a breeding tubercle? I've
never so much as kept a goldfish, but that is what it sounds like to me.

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My 6" goldfish has developed a single white spot (about 2mm diameter) on
his
nose. Initially it appeared as if the skin on the spot was flaking away
and
after treatment with anti fungus / finrot medication the affected area
seemed to improve, but now it's flared up again. The area does not appear
to
be like cotton wool, nor is there any other discolouration around the
spot.
At the moment my fish is acting normally & I'm doing daily water changes
even though all the water parameters are fine.

I can't see any description that accurately describes the symptoms on the
websites mentioned within this newsgroup, so any help would be
appreciated.
Thanks

what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH? do the
physical and then treat topically
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/technique/technique.html#Jo_Ann's_Fish_Physical
scroll to bottom for treatment
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...se/disease.htm
Ingrid

"Text" wrote:

My 6" goldfish has developed a single white spot (about 2mm diameter) on his
nose. Initially it appeared as if the skin on the spot was flaking away and
after treatment with anti fungus / finrot medication the affected area
seemed to improve, but now it's flared up again. The area does not appear to
be like cotton wool, nor is there any other discolouration around the spot.
At the moment my fish is acting normally & I'm doing daily water changes
even though all the water parameters are fine.

I can't see any description that accurately describes the symptoms on the
websites mentioned within this newsgroup, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks




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