Hello,
We recently brought an "Orlando" fantail goldfish which has been put into our Bi-Orb (which was set up as per enclosed instructions). The trouble is that our fish now has a white stringy disharge coming out of its bottom....is this normal?? It usually grows to about 5cm then falls out...then another one begins to come out.
Answers to above questions: We've been feeding our fish flakes, its the only fish in the Bi-Orb, its a 30 litre capacity bowl, haven't changed the water since we introduced the fish to the bowl on sunday, filtration is as was provided with the Bi-Orb, we've got four plants in the bowl, behaviour seems normal...seems quite happy.
Anyway any help/advice would be gratefully received...
kind regards....
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as far as i know that seems pretty normal. my fish also eat flakes and have the same sort of discharge or faeces or whatever it is.
plz could you see if you could help me with my problem that i posted just before yours? im very worried
plz could you see if you could help me with my problem that i posted just before yours? im very worried
Hi Orlando, and welcome to the board. 
A white stringy discharge is not a good sign; it can indicate an internal infection. However, it may always be the result of over-feeding, poor nutrition or poor quality food: how much do you feed your fish, what exactly do you feed him with and how often each day?
The second point to make is that the Bi-Orb's filter needs time to mature, i.e. to build up a colony of bacteria which 'eat' the fish wastes. Until the filter has this colony of bacteria - which takes about a month to grow - the wastes decompose into toxic ammonia and nitrite, rapidly turning the water into a poisonous burning soup.
It is therefore very important to test your water daily for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate using test kits which you can buy from your local fish store. As soon as you see the levels of ammonia and nitrite rising, you need to do partial water changes to bring them back down to 1.0 or under. After a month, you will see no more ammonia or nitrites, only nitrates, which means your tank is 'cycled' and from then on will only need small water changes once a week or so. You should get the kits and start doing this as soon as possible, because ammonia can build to dangerous levels even within a few days.
Hope this helps.
A white stringy discharge is not a good sign; it can indicate an internal infection. However, it may always be the result of over-feeding, poor nutrition or poor quality food: how much do you feed your fish, what exactly do you feed him with and how often each day?
The second point to make is that the Bi-Orb's filter needs time to mature, i.e. to build up a colony of bacteria which 'eat' the fish wastes. Until the filter has this colony of bacteria - which takes about a month to grow - the wastes decompose into toxic ammonia and nitrite, rapidly turning the water into a poisonous burning soup.
It is therefore very important to test your water daily for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate using test kits which you can buy from your local fish store. As soon as you see the levels of ammonia and nitrite rising, you need to do partial water changes to bring them back down to 1.0 or under. After a month, you will see no more ammonia or nitrites, only nitrates, which means your tank is 'cycled' and from then on will only need small water changes once a week or so. You should get the kits and start doing this as soon as possible, because ammonia can build to dangerous levels even within a few days.
Hope this helps.
oops i appear to have been wrong, sorry i didnt understand properly.
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