Hello,
I am very new to the world of fish keeping and taking great interest in it.
Recently I have set up a new 10 gal. tank roughly a month and a half ago with a filter, at first with 4 fishes (2 small Koi, a small goldfish that had a big red head, and a fairly large goldfish). During the first 3 weeks, the big goldfish seems to be bullying the smaller fishes and has killed one of the koi fish and has torn some of the tail and fins of the small goldfish. I seperated the larger goldfish into a seperate tank. And later added another small goldfish, another koi, as well as a small Albino Pleco to the 10 gal. tank. I also started to add some aquarium salt and also some Melafix to the 10 gal. tank to help with the healing for the small goldfish which had his tail and fins torn from the bullying.
About a week ago, I noticed the red headed goldfish had white spots on his tail and fins.. I did not think twice about it being a disease and left it as is thinking it was just normal growth because his tail/fin was healing.. And recently today I realized my other new small goldfish started to have the same symptoms (This was around 2pm in the afternoon). I then looked it up online to my surprise it was an Ich attack
.. I quickly went to the local pet store in hopes to get some medication for them, and purchased something with Malachite Green as recommended online. I followed the instruction of the dosage. I did not change the temperature of the tank, and I did a 25% water change before I left for the Pet Store as well as a gravel vac during the change. After I dosed the tank with the medication, I added some aquarium salt as well hoping it would be somewhat effective.
After putting the dose into the tank, I started setting up my 60 gal. tank (it was around 6pm now).. And 4 hours later into the set up, my gf noticed the red headed goldfish which his condition has worsened during the past week seems less active and started to float to the surface barely breathing. And then stopped breathing 30mins later.. (I truly blamed myself for not noticing this attack 1 week ago when I first took notice of the white spots..).. I am very upset about the loss of him, as he was one of my gf's favorite fish.
I finished setting up the 60gal. tank with filters and an air pump in place. Conditioned the water with Nutrafin Aqua Plus+, and also added some Nutrafin Cycle. I let the tank sit for about an hour, then removed the unaffected koi's (looked healthy with no white spots) and placed them in the bigger tank. I tried to put the pleco in there as well but when I place him in there he looked dead and was just floating around not moving. I was scared! And quickly put him back to the old tank yet he stay that way (not breathing nor moving) just floating around.. Then 2 mins of being upset he came back! Started to move around again and swam again!.. I was so shocked to see that and happy.
Currently the 10gal. tank is quite cloudy, and is inhabited by the remaining goldfish with the white spot and the pleco. And the 60gal. tank has the 2 Koi fishes. I am currently unsure if I am doing the right thing right now. Should I still try to place the Pleco into the 60gal. tank away from the currently medicating goldfish? Or should I have kept all the fishes in the same tank as I risk infecting the 60gal. tank with the parasite as well now?..
PS : I regret taking so long to notice at how stressed my fishes were in such a small tank for so long, and very upset at my mistake.. I wish to correct this asap before I lose more fishes..
I am very new to the world of fish keeping and taking great interest in it.
Recently I have set up a new 10 gal. tank roughly a month and a half ago with a filter, at first with 4 fishes (2 small Koi, a small goldfish that had a big red head, and a fairly large goldfish). During the first 3 weeks, the big goldfish seems to be bullying the smaller fishes and has killed one of the koi fish and has torn some of the tail and fins of the small goldfish. I seperated the larger goldfish into a seperate tank. And later added another small goldfish, another koi, as well as a small Albino Pleco to the 10 gal. tank. I also started to add some aquarium salt and also some Melafix to the 10 gal. tank to help with the healing for the small goldfish which had his tail and fins torn from the bullying.
About a week ago, I noticed the red headed goldfish had white spots on his tail and fins.. I did not think twice about it being a disease and left it as is thinking it was just normal growth because his tail/fin was healing.. And recently today I realized my other new small goldfish started to have the same symptoms (This was around 2pm in the afternoon). I then looked it up online to my surprise it was an Ich attack
.. I quickly went to the local pet store in hopes to get some medication for them, and purchased something with Malachite Green as recommended online. I followed the instruction of the dosage. I did not change the temperature of the tank, and I did a 25% water change before I left for the Pet Store as well as a gravel vac during the change. After I dosed the tank with the medication, I added some aquarium salt as well hoping it would be somewhat effective.After putting the dose into the tank, I started setting up my 60 gal. tank (it was around 6pm now).. And 4 hours later into the set up, my gf noticed the red headed goldfish which his condition has worsened during the past week seems less active and started to float to the surface barely breathing. And then stopped breathing 30mins later.. (I truly blamed myself for not noticing this attack 1 week ago when I first took notice of the white spots..).. I am very upset about the loss of him, as he was one of my gf's favorite fish.
I finished setting up the 60gal. tank with filters and an air pump in place. Conditioned the water with Nutrafin Aqua Plus+, and also added some Nutrafin Cycle. I let the tank sit for about an hour, then removed the unaffected koi's (looked healthy with no white spots) and placed them in the bigger tank. I tried to put the pleco in there as well but when I place him in there he looked dead and was just floating around not moving. I was scared! And quickly put him back to the old tank yet he stay that way (not breathing nor moving) just floating around.. Then 2 mins of being upset he came back! Started to move around again and swam again!.. I was so shocked to see that and happy.
Currently the 10gal. tank is quite cloudy, and is inhabited by the remaining goldfish with the white spot and the pleco. And the 60gal. tank has the 2 Koi fishes. I am currently unsure if I am doing the right thing right now. Should I still try to place the Pleco into the 60gal. tank away from the currently medicating goldfish? Or should I have kept all the fishes in the same tank as I risk infecting the 60gal. tank with the parasite as well now?..
PS : I regret taking so long to notice at how stressed my fishes were in such a small tank for so long, and very upset at my mistake.. I wish to correct this asap before I lose more fishes
..
