Oranda Red Cap Emergancy!

[rl4400]

I have recently discovered a blister on my oranda red cap's gill. It is red on the outside and whiteish on the inside. Now my oranda red cap only stays on one side of the tank and sleeps on the bottom for most of the day. She is very sluggish and isn't swimming around like the other fish in my tank... I have attached a picture of my fish and a close up on the blister-like thing...

 

[Tolak]

Hard to tell from those pictures, filling this out will help give us a better idea of what you're dealing with;

Tank size:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):

Volume and Frequency of water changes:

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:

Tank inhabitants:

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):

Exposure to chemicals:

 

[rl4400]

Hard to tell from those pictures, filling this out will help give us a better idea of what you're dealing with;

Tank size:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):

Volume and Frequency of water changes:

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:

Tank inhabitants:

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):

Exposure to chemicals:

Hi! Sorry for the confusion im a newbie. Ok so I have a 10 gallon tank. I put Cycle into the tank every week. My oranda red cap lives with a black moor and 2 small common goldfish. About a month ago my old tank broke (it popped spewing its contents onto the floor. Luckily no fish were in it at the time.) So we bought a new tank and for a while the water was really really murky... we realized that the filter was at a wrong angle and wasn't cleaning properly. We fixed the filter and now the water is really clear. But my oranda red cap got weird ich on its tail (which we fixed.) and now it has a blister on its gill. Sorry but we dont have any Ph/ammonia stats. Here are some better pics: Look closely on its gill to see.

 

[Forestpisces]

Your tank is far too small to house those fish and the blister could be bacterial related due to bad water conditions.

Please copy and paste the questions tolak asked you into your next reply and answer them as best you can.

We will help you with all the advise we can give you

 

[rl4400]

Your tank is far too small to house those fish and the blister could be bacterial related due to bad water conditions.

Please copy and paste the questions tolak asked you into your next reply and answer them as best you can.

We will help you with all the advise we can give you

Tank size: 10 gallon
pH: Dont know Ps we are getting a tester so we will know soon.
ammoniaont know
nitrite: Dont know
nitrateont know
kH: Dont know
gH: Dont know
tank temp: luke warm

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Has blister near gill. Stays in the same area of the tank and is very sluggish.

Volume and Frequency of water changes: ?

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Cycle every week

Tank inhabitants: 1 black moor, 2 common goldfish

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): fake plants.

Exposure to chemicals: Cycle, recent medication for ich.

 

[afishdude]

Ok well you need to read some of these topics on cycling and tank set-up.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=277264

 

[rl4400]

Ok well you need to read some of these topics on cycling and tank set-up.

[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=277264"]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=277264[/URL]

THanks shes looking better today. But I am going to get a water tester anyways.

 

[Forestpisces]

Deffinately do and you will need a bigger tank for those fish too.

Goldfish are massive waste producers and the red mark could be an ammonia burn due to the water quality. Please read the pinned cycling thread.


You will need to be changing your water using dechlorinator at LEAST 2 times a day to help clear the water quality and clean water is the best cure and preventative for alot if not all of fish diseases.

 

[rl4400]

Deffinately do and you will need a bigger tank for those fish too.

Goldfish are massive waste producers and the red mark could be an ammonia burn due to the water quality. Please read the pinned cycling thread.


You will need to be changing your water using dechlorinator at LEAST 2 times a day to help clear the water quality and clean water is the best cure and preventative for alot if not all of fish diseases.

Thanks for all of your help! We got a 30 gallon tank today and should be setting it up in a week or two. I have been doing water changes today. BUt have discovered a new syptom. My oranda red cap has red streaks on its fins. any info on that?

 

[Forestpisces]

Hmmm were did you buy the fish.

Can you seperate it from the others?

How are the other fish acting?

Is it a solid red or sort of like veins?

Is there a thick slimey layer over the fish?

Are the gills red or inflammed?

Is it breathing rapidly?

 

[afishdude]

Deffinately do and you will need a bigger tank for those fish too.

Goldfish are massive waste producers and the red mark could be an ammonia burn due to the water quality. Please read the pinned cycling thread.


You will need to be changing your water using dechlorinator at LEAST 2 times a day to help clear the water quality and clean water is the best cure and preventative for alot if not all of fish diseases.

Thanks for all of your help! We got a 30 gallon tank today and should be setting it up in a week or two. I have been doing water changes today. BUt have discovered a new syptom. My oranda red cap has red streaks on its fins. any info on that?

You have been doing waterchanges?

Volume and Frequency of water changes: ?

Sounds to me like you don't even know what a water change is.

 

[Forestpisces]

Knowing how much water you change and how often you change will be a great help too

Do you use dechlorinator?

 

[rl4400]

Hmmm were did you buy the fish. I bought it at a pet store in town. We've had it for 11 months.

Can you seperate it from the others? I dont have any other tank but we are starting a 30 gallon tank soon...

How are the other fish acting? Other fish seem normal.

Is it a solid red or sort of like veins? like veins

Is there a thick slimey layer over the fish? no

Are the gills red or inflammed? there was a blister on one.

Is it breathing rapidly? Not really but seems to be losing its balance.

Knowing how much water you change and how often you change will be a great help too

Do you use dechlorinator?

Yes we use a decholinator. And today we took your advice and did a major water change. As for the people who are wondering if I know how to do a water change. Yes I do. Today I took about about 2/3 of the water out and replaced it with new clean dechlorinated water. PS I did not take all the water out at once It was gradually taken out. Today we did a ammonia test and I was at 8ppm. (bad I know) Shocked, I put all clean water in and put in Stress Zyme (a liquid that kills ammonia.)

 

[Forestpisces]

You have to get that ammonia down.

Change 2/3 of our water every hour or so until your results read 0

It may seen extream but beleive me you will lose those fish if you dont get that ammonia down.

Alternately you can do a 100% water change and then change 2/3 3 times a day to keep the ammonia down.

 

[rl4400]

You have to get that ammonia down.

Change 2/3 of our water every hour or so until your results read 0

It may seen extream but beleive me you will lose those fish if you dont get that ammonia down.

Alternately you can do a 100% water change and then change 2/3 3 times a day to keep the ammonia down.

THanks. We have replaced most of the water with clean water. We did a second test and it one shade lighter. So we are going to keep putting better water in. We take out 4L of dirty water and put in 4L of clean water about every 2 hours.