poorly fish?

One of the new ryukin is very still and hasnt eaten yet. he seems to swim
fine, but stays in same place most of the time, hasnt eatien with the others
at all and I've just noticed a small dark spot on his tail and one on his
front fin. H'es a read and white and not sure if this coloration is just
colouring or if it is a disease?

Cant seem to find anything on it any recommendations, he doeasnt look to
active at all tho his gills are healthy bright red.

Tess

By the way, sorry just looked at "puregold website" There are no snails at
all in the tank, nor were there in the shop tank. my plants are all
plastic. not even sure if its actual black sposts just two dark marks on the
tip of the fins.

Will adding a little salt to the tank soothe him? and will it pass to my
other fish?

"Raccoon" wrote in message
...
One of the new ryukin is very still and hasnt eaten yet. he seems to swim
fine, but stays in same place most of the time, hasnt eatien with the
others
at all and I've just noticed a small dark spot on his tail and one on his
front fin. H'es a read and white and not sure if this coloration is just
colouring or if it is a disease?

Cant seem to find anything on it any recommendations, he doeasnt look to
active at all tho his gills are healthy bright red.

Tess

dark spots could be recovering ammonia burns. dont worry. and dont worry about not
eating for now... keep the water clean and yes, add a bit of salt.
Add 1 teaspoon of salt per 5 gallons. This can be increased to 3 teas. per 5 over a
few days. Use rock salt with no additives.

"Raccoon" wrote:

By the way, sorry just looked at "puregold website" There are no snails at
all in the tank, nor were there in the shop tank. my plants are all
plastic. not even sure if its actual black sposts just two dark marks on the
tip of the fins.

Will adding a little salt to the tank soothe him? and will it pass to my
other fish?

"Raccoon" wrote in message
...
One of the new ryukin is very still and hasnt eaten yet. he seems to swim
fine, but stays in same place most of the time, hasnt eatien with the
others
at all and I've just noticed a small dark spot on his tail and one on his
front fin. H'es a read and white and not sure if this coloration is just
colouring or if it is a disease?

Cant seem to find anything on it any recommendations, he doeasnt look to
active at all tho his gills are healthy bright red.

Tess






~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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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 Ingrid, what would I do without you. He's just awfully still, he was
introduced to the tank yesterday, I stupidly didn't quarantine them, but
Twix is fine and is great pals with the others already. If Rudolph stays
this still I'll quarantine him and keep a close eye on him.

I'll add salt as you say I have natural sea salt.
Tess

wrote in message
...
dark spots could be recovering ammonia burns. dont worry. and dont worry
about not
eating for now... keep the water clean and yes, add a bit of salt.
Add 1 teaspoon of salt per 5 gallons. This can be increased to 3 teas. per
5 over a
few days. Use rock salt with no additives.

"Raccoon" wrote:

By the way, sorry just looked at "puregold website" There are no snails
at
all in the tank, nor were there in the shop tank. my plants are all
plastic. not even sure if its actual black sposts just two dark marks on
the
tip of the fins.

Will adding a little salt to the tank soothe him? and will it pass to my
other fish?

"Raccoon" wrote in message
...
One of the new ryukin is very still and hasnt eaten yet. he seems to
swim
fine, but stays in same place most of the time, hasnt eatien with the
others
at all and I've just noticed a small dark spot on his tail and one on
his
front fin. H'es a read and white and not sure if this coloration is
just
colouring or if it is a disease?

Cant seem to find anything on it any recommendations, he doeasnt look
to
active at all tho his gills are healthy bright red.

Tess






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

dont use sea salt. use plain old crystal salt. like the solar salt used in water
softeners... or even table salt with no additives, altho need to dissolve first and
add carefully so dont burn gills.
Ingrid

"Raccoon" wrote:

Thanks Ingrid, what would I do without you. He's just awfully still, he was
introduced to the tank yesterday, I stupidly didn't quarantine them, but
Twix is fine and is great pals with the others already. If Rudolph stays
this still I'll quarantine him and keep a close eye on him.

I'll add salt as you say I have natural sea salt.
Tess


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

Howcome table salt? I thought that was the wrong kind ....I added sea salt
before i read your message...will it harm my fish? should i change the
water?

Tess

wrote in message
...
dont use sea salt. use plain old crystal salt. like the solar salt used
in water
softeners... or even table salt with no additives, altho need to dissolve
first and
add carefully so dont burn gills.
Ingrid

"Raccoon" wrote:

Thanks Ingrid, what would I do without you. He's just awfully still, he
was
introduced to the tank yesterday, I stupidly didn't quarantine them, but
Twix is fine and is great pals with the others already. If Rudolph stays
this still I'll quarantine him and keep a close eye on him.

I'll add salt as you say I have natural sea salt.
Tess


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

dilute it out with water changes. table salt is fine as long as it has no additives
and is dissolved first and added carefully so dont burn the gills.
sea salt is for salt water fish. Ingrid

"Raccoon" wrote:

Howcome table salt? I thought that was the wrong kind ....I added sea salt
before i read your message...will it harm my fish? should i change the
water?


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

I diluted salt in a glass of water which in turn I mixed into a 10 litre
bucket of water during a 30% water change so salt was very dilute.

I'll dilute out the sea salt next time I do a water change (which is
frequent0 and get a good table salt w/o additives.

I was worried that sea salt would harm them after what you said, is it okay
to leave it until next water change? or is there a risk?

Tess

wrote in message
...
dilute it out with water changes. table salt is fine as long as it has no
additives
and is dissolved first and added carefully so dont burn the gills.
sea salt is for salt water fish. Ingrid

"Raccoon" wrote:

Howcome table salt? I thought that was the wrong kind ....I added sea
salt
before i read your message...will it harm my fish? should i change the
water?


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

I dont really know. Just that it isnt recommended. good idea to do some water
changes anyway. Ingrid

"Raccoon" wrote:

I diluted salt in a glass of water which in turn I mixed into a 10 litre
bucket of water during a 30% water change so salt was very dilute.

I'll dilute out the sea salt next time I do a water change (which is
frequent0 and get a good table salt w/o additives.

I was worried that sea salt would harm them after what you said, is it okay
to leave it until next water change? or is there a risk?

Tess


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

Ok will stick to table salt in future, and will check no additives.

Rudolf is much more active today, he's eaten for the first time and is
swimming among the other fish instead of hiding away. However his poop is a
bit white and stringy looking, and he keeps settling on the gravel, dead
still for about a minute at a time, then perks up and carries on playing.

Will look at your website for more info, but white stringy poop is not good
right?

Tess

wrote in message
...
I dont really know. Just that it isnt recommended. good idea to do some
water
changes anyway. Ingrid

"Raccoon" wrote:

I diluted salt in a glass of water which in turn I mixed into a 10 litre
bucket of water during a 30% water change so salt was very dilute.

I'll dilute out the sea salt next time I do a water change (which is
frequent0 and get a good table salt w/o additives.

I was worried that sea salt would harm them after what you said, is it
okay
to leave it until next water change? or is there a risk?

Tess


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