I need help with a tricky telescope goldfish?

Question

Well this is a very trick question. My goldfish is colored white red and silver. There is some red on his head and body. But his eye also has red i cant tell if its from the out or inside of the eye. Can it be an infection? It was red the day i got it. He lives by himself in a 30 gallon tank perfect water chemistry. Also there are red lines on his tail cant tell if its just the way he looks or a diease.

Answer 1

need a pic but if that's the way you got him then I think that's just the way he looks

Answer 2

Carefully hold the guy in your hand and check his eye closely..dont touch it...cos their eyes are really sensitive..but when you hold him closely..you will be able to make out wat it is...I think if you got it from a place where the tank was healthy and the tankmates were healthy and overall clean..then tht should not be an infection..probably just his color..

Answer 3

....Veruca Salt is absolutly correct....if the red lines are not due to ammonia, then you may have just caught the condition "septicemia' in it's early stage

...how long have you had the fish? that is incredibly important

...if it has been more than a month, the colration may be normal....likey

....but, if you recently acquired this fish, then check ammonia and as she stated already....if is is normal, (non toxic level) then treatment for septicemia would not be out of the question

.....how long have you had the fish....and has the condition changed since you received the fish?....what are the water quality readings...for example, if your tank ph is 7.0 and the water temp is ~77F, the ammonia level should be 0.0055 or less....over that and you have a toxic situation detrimental to fish health quality

...i include a website that gives a chart of maximum ammonia levels acceptable and specific temperatures.....

..in this chart you will notice that higher ph and higher temp ranges allow for increased unionized ammonia levels

...alsop that ph below 6.5 free ammonia is virtually eliminated, until we add fish....

...then levels begin to elevate once more, depending upon the water filter, living plant absorption and the frequency of water changes

...may i also recommend the dechlorinating product named "Prime" which also binds ammonia away from oxygen, but allows the ammonia to be eaten by the aerobic

bacteria

Answer 4

A pic would help.  But, red streaks on the fish is usually a sign of either ammonia poisoning or an internal bacterial infection called septicemia.  Make sure ammonia levels are at 0 ppm, the only acceptable level.  If that checks out ok, then would probably be best treating with a medicated antibacterial food, or make your own.