Various Symptoms

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move the fish to fresh water every day. add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no
additives, dissolve first before adding fish. red gills are good, bright cherry red
is best. yes, it sounds like toxic water.
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Ingrid

"dan-tucker" wrote:

Hi,

We own two goldfish and on Christmas Eve one of them seemed to fall ill
overnight. The head became swollen, the gills red inside, the dorsal fin was
flat to the body and the tail was clamped. The fish has very restricted
movement and often falls over onto it's side momentarily before righting
itself again.

We immediately moved it to some fresh water in a separate bowl, to which
there was a very slight improvement. We bought some swimbladder treatment
which we have administered with some aquarium salt but this has not helped
in the slightest. Now the tail is rotting and appears very ragged. The fish
will still eat if food is held sufficiently close for it to take

Does anyone have any suggestions please as from looking at the
www.goldfishinfo.com diagnostic guide it appears to be showing symptoms of
Gill Flukes, Clamped Fins, Tail Rot and Swim Bladder problems. I'm not sure
whether I am able to effectively treat the fish in it's current condition.

The other goldfish has been absolutely fine

Thanks in advance for any help received

dan...




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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:02:35 GMT, wrote:

add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no

Is there a reason for the discrepancy between what you are saying here
and your website info?

"So 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons is around 0.1%"

Azul

start with small amounts work up. fish with no salt will typically start blowing off
quite a bit of ammonia when the salt is run up to 0.1%. for somebody trying to deal
with toxic water, this isnt a good idea.. Ingrid

Azul wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:02:35 GMT, wrote:

add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no

Is there a reason for the discrepancy between what you are saying here
and your website info?

"So 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons is around 0.1%"

Azul



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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.

so to clear things up.......? how much salt?


wrote in message
...
start with small amounts work up. fish with no salt will typically start
blowing off
quite a bit of ammonia when the salt is run up to 0.1%. for somebody
trying to deal
with toxic water, this isnt a good idea.. Ingrid

Azul wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:02:35 GMT, wrote:

add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no

Is there a reason for the discrepancy between what you are saying here
and your website info?

"So 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons is around 0.1%"

Azul



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

1 tsp per 5 gallons work up to 3 teaspoons per 5. Ingrid

"Carlos" wrote:

so to clear things up.......? how much salt?


wrote in message
...
start with small amounts work up. fish with no salt will typically start
blowing off
quite a bit of ammonia when the salt is run up to 0.1%. for somebody
trying to deal
with toxic water, this isnt a good idea.. Ingrid

Azul wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:02:35 GMT, wrote:

add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no

Is there a reason for the discrepancy between what you are saying here
and your website info?

"So 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons is around 0.1%"

Azul



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




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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.