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A little information about the tank etc. ...
Dimensions: 30x18x12inches (29 US Gallons I believe)
Stock: 1 x black moor (approx. 3.5 inch body, 3 inch tail), 1 x veil tail (approx. 3 inch body, 4 or 5 inch tail), 1 x oranda (Approx. 2 inch body, 2 inch tail).
Feeding: Once a day with either soaked Aquarian goldfish flakes, defrosted frozen bloodworm, peas or courgette (zucchini for the US forum members). Sometimes I'll soak the flakes in Kent Zoe multivitamin liquid.
Filtration: Fluval 4 + with a spray bar (so that my fish don't have to live in a whirlpool!)
CURRENT temperature: 24C
I also have an airline attached to a pump bubbling away in there to provide a bit of extra oxygen, although the Fluval 4 creates a lot of surface movement.
The problem...
About two months ago I started noticing some small white spots on his tail, so I figured it was white spot (he's had that before and it looked the same). I performed several large water changes, raised the temperature to 26C over the course of a few days, added lots of tonic salt to the water and put some Interpet Whitespot Plus treatment in the water.
After about 3 weeks of treatment it became apparent that the problem wasn't actually white spot as the small spots on his tail began to appear more like little slightly raised patches than grains. He's an extremely active fish and when I get close to the tank to look at him he flutters about and sucks at the glass, which makes it really hard to look at his tail as it keeps moving about! Anyway, the white patches seemed to look slightly fuzzy as though it was a kind of fungal growth. So I performed a 50% water change, waited a week and tried some anti-fungus treatment instead. This did absolutely nothing, so since then I've just been performing water changes of between 30% and 40% every few days to see if it clears up on it's own.
I'm at my wits end with this moor! He eats well, he's active, he swims with ease, his behaviour is perfectly normal and yet he has these odd white patches on his tail. I noticed today also that he has a slightly swollen white patch just behind his right 'nostril'. This only became apparent to me today, but it may have been present for a couple of days as I've ben quite busy of late and haven't been as observant as I probably should be.
I seem to have lost my master test kit (I know, I know... silly me), so I am unsure of the water parameters, but none of the fish are displaying symptoms of bad water quality and I performed a 50% water change today, cleaned out the filter and have been changing at least 30% of the water every three or four days for the last month or so. Before that I was changing about 25% or 30% weekly. A couple of days ago I lowered the temperature to 24C as I don't think it's a very good idea to keep it at 26C for much longer.
I can honestly say that I don't know what the problem is with my moor. He appears robust and healthy (as do the other two fish) apart from these odd white/grey patches on his tail and now the swollen nostril. The only thing that I can think of that it resembles is fish pox, but the patches on his tail aren't raised enough and don't have the pinkish tint to them that you might expect. If somebody could shed some light on the matter I'd be very grateful!
I was wondering if it might be some sort of skin infection, since he has developed a swollen nostril now? The swelling appears to be *behind* the actual nostril, as the the inside is where the problem lies. Do you think I should just continue with the water changes for a couple of weeks and see if things improve, or should I try some Melafix/Primafix or both?
Dimensions: 30x18x12inches (29 US Gallons I believe)
Stock: 1 x black moor (approx. 3.5 inch body, 3 inch tail), 1 x veil tail (approx. 3 inch body, 4 or 5 inch tail), 1 x oranda (Approx. 2 inch body, 2 inch tail).
Feeding: Once a day with either soaked Aquarian goldfish flakes, defrosted frozen bloodworm, peas or courgette (zucchini for the US forum members). Sometimes I'll soak the flakes in Kent Zoe multivitamin liquid.
Filtration: Fluval 4 + with a spray bar (so that my fish don't have to live in a whirlpool!)
CURRENT temperature: 24C
I also have an airline attached to a pump bubbling away in there to provide a bit of extra oxygen, although the Fluval 4 creates a lot of surface movement.
The problem...
About two months ago I started noticing some small white spots on his tail, so I figured it was white spot (he's had that before and it looked the same). I performed several large water changes, raised the temperature to 26C over the course of a few days, added lots of tonic salt to the water and put some Interpet Whitespot Plus treatment in the water.
After about 3 weeks of treatment it became apparent that the problem wasn't actually white spot as the small spots on his tail began to appear more like little slightly raised patches than grains. He's an extremely active fish and when I get close to the tank to look at him he flutters about and sucks at the glass, which makes it really hard to look at his tail as it keeps moving about! Anyway, the white patches seemed to look slightly fuzzy as though it was a kind of fungal growth. So I performed a 50% water change, waited a week and tried some anti-fungus treatment instead. This did absolutely nothing, so since then I've just been performing water changes of between 30% and 40% every few days to see if it clears up on it's own.
I'm at my wits end with this moor! He eats well, he's active, he swims with ease, his behaviour is perfectly normal and yet he has these odd white patches on his tail. I noticed today also that he has a slightly swollen white patch just behind his right 'nostril'. This only became apparent to me today, but it may have been present for a couple of days as I've ben quite busy of late and haven't been as observant as I probably should be.
I seem to have lost my master test kit (I know, I know... silly me), so I am unsure of the water parameters, but none of the fish are displaying symptoms of bad water quality and I performed a 50% water change today, cleaned out the filter and have been changing at least 30% of the water every three or four days for the last month or so. Before that I was changing about 25% or 30% weekly. A couple of days ago I lowered the temperature to 24C as I don't think it's a very good idea to keep it at 26C for much longer.
I can honestly say that I don't know what the problem is with my moor. He appears robust and healthy (as do the other two fish) apart from these odd white/grey patches on his tail and now the swollen nostril. The only thing that I can think of that it resembles is fish pox, but the patches on his tail aren't raised enough and don't have the pinkish tint to them that you might expect. If somebody could shed some light on the matter I'd be very grateful!
I was wondering if it might be some sort of skin infection, since he has developed a swollen nostril now? The swelling appears to be *behind* the actual nostril, as the the inside is where the problem lies. Do you think I should just continue with the water changes for a couple of weeks and see if things improve, or should I try some Melafix/Primafix or both?
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. At any rate, I couldn't feel anything. The fin just felt normal! I was expecting to be able to feel *something*, but it seems as though the patches may be just discolouration.
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. I like to think of myself as a reasonable fish keeper, but I suppose we all have moments where our husbandry slips. Hopefully anyone else reading this will see that it doesn't take much to make your fish unwell and will learn from my cockup!
