My fantail has white patches on his body... they are not ick spots. they are actually a white patch near his fin. on the end of his body there was an opening and white stuff was oozing out. He is lethargic at times. lays on the bottom until i come near the tank. my 2 other comets are no affected they are the same as before .. excited to see me and constantly moving around until its time to sleep.

50 gallon tank,

ammonia = 0
nitrite = 0
nitrate =0


tank running over 2 yrs ..

25% water changes weekly.


i added .1% salt to the tank...

i gave him a 3% salt bath yesterday, and i treated the water with quick cure and raise the temp to 80 degree Fah.

Any suggestions....


i left for vancouver for 5 days ... i came back and he was stressed ... =( .. tank parameters were still good when i came home from vacation.. what could have happened..

:crp

I have been researching his disease for about 2 days now. It looks like he has some sort of parasite .. (costia)... fluke related...

does that sound correct?

Ok I am not sure on the parasites, but I did notice your tank is not cycled. Your params are not good, there should be some nitrates in there if it was cycled.
This could be causing them to Lay on the bottom and be lethargic, are you familar with a cycle?

no no the cycle is good... the nitrate is at 0-5 ppm.... I always keep the nitrates low... i got a 50 gallon tank with only 3 goldies.. 4 inches size...

i keep them clean =)

the other comets are fine..

only the fantail is sick.. which i research and i believe he has a tumor. The tumors are opening and some whitish ooze come out of it.

I think they suggested feeding it Romet B..

i'm sure someone on the board came across this type of illness.


I use this brand of test kits for all parameters

http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_det...D=1108746149674