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How many Goldfish
2! 1 x Lionhead and 1 x Oranda
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Thanks for all your help guys! I really appreciate it What signs would indicate that the eye was infected?
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Hi all, It's been a while . Hope you are all ok. Popped into my local pet store on the way home to buy some supplies and (obviously!!) looked in the tanks. I fell in love with the ranchu tanks, one fish in particular. The tank wasn't on a very good way. For a start, a few of the fish looked a bit bloated and pineconed. Secondly there were some loaches (thin and whitish colour?) in the tank. The ranchu I fell for was gorgeous and not bloated or pineconed and was swimming around happily, but when it turned around, it only had one eye . This had obviously been sucked out by the loach as when I was watching, it was going up and trying to suck some of the fish. My question is, what problems would one-eyed fish cause for the others? I would QT the fish for 2 weeks and keep an eye (pun intended ) before putting in the main tank but do you guys think it's a big no no? Just an update about my tank to help with the decision!: 120(ish) litres 2 x Small Goldfish (only 1 is mine, the other I'm looking after for a month or so while my friend moves house!) Thanks guys Elise
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Thank you! I'm actually shocked at how well she has recovered
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Here's the update pics. Apologies, they are not the best! Temp is at 26 degrees.
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I'll get you some update pics (hopefully!) tonight. Stopped Epsom on Sunday (8 days). Temp is about 29 degrees from memory, will double check when I get home from work for you. I think she is constipated because her belly has got a little bigger again and her poops are quite long.
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How long has it been? Typical treatment for mms is 2 weeks but there are occasionally situations we might feed longer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk It will be two weeks on Saturday! Can I feed peas as well as she is a bit constipated, or is it best to just feed MMs?
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Anyone??
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So things are still good . How long shall I keep feeding the Meds for?
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Another update! I went downstairs this morning and to my shock, I saw my fish almost back to normal! So pleased. Do I still need to add Epsom salt?
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Just an update for you all: The bloating has definitely reduced which is good. There is still pineconing at the moment but its not as bad as it has been. One thing that I have noticed is that there is a small patch on his/her stomach that looks like the scales have come off. I would say its maybe 2-3 scales that have fallen off. Is that ok?? I am still doing 50% Water changes everyday and tipping up the Epsom salt.
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Good news, the bloating has definately reduced! Not that much, but it's still better than it has been. Also, I'm not quite sure of his/her gender! Is there an easy way to tell?
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Just did a 50% WC. Do I need to add 1/8th teaspoon of Epsom salt to bring the % back up? This morning when I fed her the 1st Metro-med pellet, she struggled to eat it. She ate it but it kept on falling back out of her mouth. I don't think she was spitting it out as such because when it came out of her mouth, she would suck it up again instantly. I just snapped one of the pellets in half and she seemed to eat that a lot easier!
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Ok I'll add in the heater tomorrow! How much water should I change per day? And can I go with 5 pellets per day (spread over the day?) Thanks for all your help so far guys . I'll keep you updated!
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There is a photo from last night showing bloating/pineconing!
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Hi Helen, Yes fish is showing appetite and already seems a bit better! No thread at the moment as I was just PMing Dnalex but I may create one later on tonight. The fish is very bloated and pineconed and I have added 1/4 teaspoon of Epsom salt (QT is 25litres). Should I be doing daily W/Cs in the QT? And there is no heater in there at the moment. Do I need one? I'll add some photos when I get home aswell