Goldfish is ill........?

Question

hi i have had my 2 goldfish for coming up to a month now and i have just noticed last night that fanta has a white spot i looks exactly like a white head what a human would get and its on top of his mouth just below his eyes.... it cant be white spot cause i have looked it up and they are little pin pricks..... can anyone help? they are in a 30lt fish tank.

Answer 1

hi there, it sounds like white spot to me, if you get the white spot treatment it wont do them any harm, with white spot you teat before they get it, as well as after,, teat them it wont do any harm, make sure you use the correct ammount in the water,,, ja

Answer 2

sounds like it has ick or fungus (looks like white cotton) test the water from tank. You will need get treatment for ick/fungus add in water from petstore you will need to do it quickly as my fish died from it

If only 1 fish have that ick/fungus remove it out of that tank put it in hospice tank as dieases easy can pass on other fish

60litre tank is good room for least 1 fish as they grows bigger

Answer 3

if theres multiple white spots, its ich, if  theres just a decent sized one, its a fungus. from what you described i think its a fungus.

i recommend quarentining that fish asap and get him medicated. the longer you wait, the more the fungus can get a hold of the fish.

Answer 4

i know you have looked it up but i think that you should try again as white spot ac-ours to things that look like white spots

Answer 5

It could be the beginning of ich, could be a parasite, or it could be an injury.

2 goldfish should be in a minimum of a 30 gallon tank (115 L) with excellent filtration.  Keeping them in smaller tanks leads to stunting and death not to mention poor water quality and disease.

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Answer 6

Sounds like white spot! you get get treatment for it. It's stuff that goes in the water. I think it's called malachite green or blue ( if my memory serves me right!)

Answer 7

its gone mouldy lol

there is a mould what goldfish can get, ask at petstore or fish store for some liquid which you put in the water,

that should cure it.

Answer 8

Sounds like white spot however try esha 2000, if this does not solve your problem esha exit, brilliant stuff.

Answer 9

Start treatment of ich immediately to keep it from progressing and killing them both. Even if it is just one, that one will reproduce into hundreds, then your fish will be covered from head to tail with it, a horrible itchy death for fish. Ich is a parasite that feeds on the fish, draining them of their life. Your tank size could have caused enough stress to become supplical to ich. Up-grade as soon as you can to at least a 30-40 gallon tank for 2 of them. But I urge you to start treatment for ich immediately. The sooner it is treated, the better luck you will have in treating it successfully.