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Very distressed about the awful condition of beloved goldfish--?
My first year of college I bought a black moor as a baby and gave it a one gallon tank to fit in my apartment. After freshman year, I joined a sorority and had to surrender my goldfish to my parents until I graduated and had a place of my own. Every time I came home, the fish seemed to have doubled in size, and I soon became concerned about its living situation, but I let it slide.
I graduated this June and returned home to find my goldfish in absolutely deplorable conditions. The now 7in long fish (tip to tail) about 2in wide was still living in the one gallon bowl. There was a filter in the bowl, but the water was still green with neglect. Horrified, I quickly set up an old ten gallon aquarium and transferred the fish into a better home.
Once in the tank, I was shocked at her appearance. There are white spots on her eyes and front fins, and one eye looks like it was damaged in some sort of trauma. Some scales were missing due to her struggle in transport, but quickly small patches of white fuzz grew over the wounds. Half of her beautiful tail seems to have fallen off in the other bowl, and parts of fins are torn on both tail and dorsal fins. Most concerning, however, is her tendency to float with her tail pointed up on the surface. She frequently swims quickly to the surface and appears to be gasping for air.
I realize that there are several parts to this, and I apologize for the long explanation, but I'm concerned about her health and how I should proceed with tank treatments. I'm fairly new to larger aquariums so any help would be greatly appreciated. My biggest concern is bringing this fish relief as fast as possible.
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- catxLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
She has numerous problems, all resulting from hideous water quality in that tiny 1 gallon, the filter won't have helped much. Small tanks are NEVER compatible with Goldfish!
In the 10 gallon you're going to need to keep a very close eye on water parameters, as the tank won't have completed the nitrogen cycle. You may have to do daily partial water changes to combat this. Buy a water test kit such as the API Master Test kit. Any reading of ammonia or nitrites is toxic to fish.
The white spots are the ich parasite if it looks like tiny grains of salt, you can pick up a white spot/ich medication from a pet store. Follow a weeks course of this first.
http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Ich
Once you've got rid of the ich you can concentrate on the further bacterial infections the fish has, including the fin rot and fungus around older injuries. I recommend Myxzin by Waterlife for severe problems, but it depends what's available to you. Avoid Melafix, it's too weak for your fish's advance stages of disrepair! Don't mix medications.
- 1 decade ago
i would get her cloudy eye medication
her fins will have become ill through stress and lack of movement in the small bowl, its normaly from other fish biting fins but as she was on her own this is the only reason
black moors develop problems very easily so i wouldnt feel too bad about this
her fins should be ok on their own, but if she has white spot disease she will need medication as she can die from this