Goldfish With Velvet

[xJake]

One of my black moors seem to have developed a case of velvet. I'm short on cash right now and don't really have 10 bucks to spend on meds. I do, however, have a pack of medicated anti-parasite fish food that is only about a month old. It has Praziquantel as it's medication which is the same stuff in the anti-parasitic meds at the store. Would this food help him at all until I get some money to treat him externally?

 

[WILDER]

No that more for internal parasites by the sounds of it.
Velvet is worse than whitespot and hardier to get rid off, if you don't treat fast it will kill the fish as it will damage the gills really bad.
Is the fish labour breathing and can you describe the velvet, is it a dusiting of white, yellow,, a golden colour or a rust appearance.

This explains it more.
http/p103.ezboard.com/fthegoldfishandaqu...opicID=26.topic

http/www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/heal...thprotist.shtml

 

[xJake]

He has laboured breathing, is listless, gills inflamed, his skin is tinted a white color around the head/gill area and there are some white spots all over the same area.

Edit:

He's starting to lose balance and has some fungus growing on his fins now that I look at him. I'm just going to euthanize him. R.I.P.

 

[WILDER]

I agree he sounds in really bad shape bless him.
What size tank is it in gallon or litres, how many fish and which type.
Do you have water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.

 

[xJake]

29 gallon, planted, only 1 other black moor and some shrimp and snails. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, <20 nitrate, pH 7.2, temp 74F. I used some filter media from my 125 gallon and used pure ammonia for a week to grow the bacteria colony before adding the fish. He's only been living in the tank for less than a week and he may have already been infected when I brought him home.

 

[WILDER]

Bless him, he had to much going on all the deseases were mounting up, he was dying so don't blame yourself.
R.I.P.

 

[jolaf]

Sorry to say but I beleive you should put the poor thing out of its misery. The other fish will soon start npping at it if not kill it. sorry for your predicament.

29 gallon, planted, only 1 other black moor and some shrimp and snails. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, <20 nitrate, pH 7.2, temp 74F. I used some filter media from my 125 gallon and used pure ammonia for a week to grow the bacteria colony before adding the fish. He's only been living in the tank for less than a week and he may have already been infected when I brought him home.

 

[xJake]

I euthanized him about an hour after I last posted using a large dose of ethanol to knock him out and then froze him. He struggled for half a second and then was knocked out almost immediately. He was a rather large one too, about 5". A beautiful fish, it's a shame.

 

[black angel]

As its a parasite all the fish in the tank will need treatment. Im surprised really only one fish has it. As a precaution you should remove the shrimp to another tank along with the snails if they arent pests and dose with a med specifically for velvet. You could try as well raising the temperature to 82f.

 

[xJake]

I've already moved the other black moor to a 10 gallon quarantine tank and begun treatment with Praziquantel that I picked up last night.

 

[black angel]

Its not just the fish that might have it, it will be in the water and gravel of the other tank.