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Jennifer
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Monday,
January 21, 2002 - 11:38 am
Our fancy goldfish has ripped her fin where the side is
in dented in her tail fin all the way to the base of her
tail should we treat her with something?
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Nancy
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Monday,
January 21, 2002 - 02:46 pm
One of my bumble bee gobies had a really ratty looking tail
fin just a few days ago. I put in Stress Coat (it has
aloe in it) and it really, really helped a lot. His
fin is healing quite nicely.
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joycedonley
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Monday,
January 21, 2002 - 04:51 pm
Salt is good for healing fins, but I really can't advise
you with goldfish. If they can tolerate salt that or maybe
the stress coat may help some. As long as you have good
water parameters and infections don't set in chances
are the fin will just heal anyways.
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jennifer
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Monday,
January 21, 2002 - 11:30 pm
I got some tetracyclen (sp??) and added it to be
sure. I have seen some bad fin rips but this takes the cake.
Our other fish who is now in fishy jail (the 10 gallon)
was bitting here fins constantly until they riped in many
places.
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Pandora
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Wednesday,
January 23, 2002 - 09:50 pm
Jennifer, have you ever tried Melafix for torn fins? It's
an herbal antibiotic often used to treat fin rot and torn
fins, and it works pretty well for me. It does not throw
off your cycling as much as some antibiotics do (usually
reserve stronger antibiotics for serious internal infections).
I have tried salt with goldfish in the past for fin problems
with success, but this is a somewhat controversial topic
with fishkeepers & FW fish... so I won't go there
=)
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jeff s
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Thursday,
January 24, 2002 - 11:47 am
pandora and jen..just a note regarding melafix..it's
1%(melaleuca) basically tea tree oil..it supposed
to have anti-bacterial properties in it but research has
pointed out it has none of these properties..however it
does help and speed healing..it's good for small wounds
that are limited to the fins,body and mouth without any
septic or systemic signs present..small wounds,breeding
abrasions and almost healed ulcers it may help out..also
as pandora you ponted out it has no effect on your filter
or ph..so jen you can decide if it will work for you...I
just thought I would through my thoughts out there no disrespect
intended...
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Jennifer
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Thursday,
January 24, 2002 - 01:21 pm
Ok since You are all so great, and I trust you all, here
is a second unrelated problem. I went home this weekend
and discovered my one fish had blood streaks on her tail.
I believe it was a secondary infection due to paracites
since 1) my fish spend part of the year in a pond and
2)my orange fish had dime size white spots. I did not
realize this earlier since they live in a 75 g black stock
tank in my basement. Also the other three fish are mainly
white to start with. The pet store actually had a good person
there so my mother got copper safe. (i think) We
would move them to a smaller tank, but they are almost a
foot long. Does this sound like a good treatment?
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jeff s
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Thursday,
January 24, 2002 - 06:04 pm
jenn..are we talkin goldfish and koi here or what?..you
said pond..so that's what I am thinkin..and are these
white spots big?..kinda waxy blobs or what?..need a little
more help here..to get you on the right track..OK
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cherymclarty
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Thursday,
January 24, 2002 - 11:25 pm
I've just started trying to keep a nice 30 gal. aquarium
for the first time ever. I bought two red capped goldfish.
I just loved watching them grow. I think I fed them too
much as one looked right at me and died. I was just sick!
Now the other one has gotten stuck in a conch shell and
I had to shake him out of it. His tail looks red and he
swims upside down, and pretty much lives like that. I don't
know what to do to help him get better and right side up.
The smaller gold fish are always picking at him but he's
holding his own so far. Can anyone tell me how to fix him
up?
Chery
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joycedonley
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Friday,
January 25, 2002 - 07:57 am
It sounds like swim bladder and you should treat with Maracyn.
Your fish will never stay healthy though if he is continually
being picked on. You will need to find a solution to the
problem or the stress will make him susceptible to illness.
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Jennifer
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Friday,
January 25, 2002 - 11:01 am
Jeff s mine are big old goldfish that in the 7 years we
have had them have never really had a major problem. After
talking to the pet store my mother and the new woman who
works ( she actually knows her stuff, she'll be
gone in a week) They think that the blood streeks (septicemia)
was more than likely a secondary infection to paracites.
She recomended copper safe (I believe for the paracites)
and tetrecyclin ( for the septicemia which is a bacterial
infection) Do these meds work ok if you are treating
for two things at once?
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Jennifer
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Friday,
January 25, 2002 - 11:12 am
Cherymclarty- Try to get him out of the tank and if he ever
stays upright for a bit feed him some peas, I helped the
ladys at the local pet store fix a fish in there tank last
week. If the swimm bladder condition is not too bad try
to the peas will some how help. buy canned peas and take
the skin off of then. If you have an extra tank or some
thing to put him in (like a large storeage thing form
walmart) Make sure it is not too deep so that he is
able to eat. the reason I said to take him out is that he
will not be able to get food if he has competion. If worst
comes to worst there is a lady on a site called the goldfish
net that has done surgery on fish that will not stay upright.
her name is deb and the site is http://pub92.ezboard.com/fthegoldfishnetfrm1
I think she might be able to help if he will not stay upright.
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jennifer
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Friday,
January 25, 2002 - 01:58 pm
Mother tryed the copper safe and is seeing dead worm type
thing floating in the tank.
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Pandora
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Saturday,
January 26, 2002 - 10:58 am
Jeff, thanks for the info! I knew what Melafix was made
of but did not know how it actually worked.
Jen--copper safe will kill inverts. I can't tell you
exactly what that "dead worm type thing" was, but
a few suggestions are that it was a parasitic worm, a nonparasitic
free-living worm called a planara, or a leech.
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cherymclarty
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Sunday,
January 27, 2002 - 09:08 pm
Jennifer,
Thanks for the information. It never occurred to me that
his problem was anything more than being stuck in the conch
shell over nite and hurting his tail. I've put him in
a large jar, half filled with his tank water. I'll try
the peas and hope that he rights himself soon.
Thanks again.
CheryMcLarty
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