Sick goldfish

[Savethemall]

Hi. ive rescued a goldfish about a week ago. he was very skinny and had a few patches with no scales and redness on his tail and the base of his hand fins
He wasent lethargic and ate and pooped well in the past week. yesterday ive noticed him flashing a few time and today he became super lethargic, sitting on the bottom sometimes even on his side moving only when i touched him and occasionly moving by himself to flash.
I have a few meds avilable:rid ich+ {malachite green and formalin} ,Prazi pro,Levamisole, methylene blue, Furanol and kanaplex
Im also considering salt baths. The red strikes can be septicemia or just another part of the parasitic infection..
I wanted to hear your opinion on what shuold i do and if you have other meds to reccomend on
Hes in a 120L tank with 3 internal filters, parameters are 0,0,5
Thank you

 

[tlindsey]

Hi. ive rescued a goldfish about a week ago. he was very skinny and had a few patches with no scales and redness on his tail and the base of his hand fins
He wasent lethargic and ate and pooped well in the past week. yesterday ive noticed him flashing a few time and today he became super lethargic, sitting on the bottom sometimes even on his side moving only when i touched him and occasionly moving by himself to flash.
I have a few meds avilable:rid ich+ {malachite green and formalin} ,Prazi pro,Levamisole, methylene blue, Furanol and kanaplex
Im also considering salt baths. The red strikes can be septicemia or just another part of the parasitic infection..
I wanted to hear your opinion on what shuold i do and if you have other meds to reccomend on
Hes in a 120L tank with 3 internal filters, parameters are 0,0,5
Thank you

MrsE88
kno4te
Charney

 

[kno4te]

Would try getting some pics. Yea...does sound like septicemia. Kanaplex would work for that. Is the goldfish from a outdoor pond, lfs, or a home aquarium?

 

[Savethemall]

very bad LFS..
Im not sure its septicemia and if it is its scondery to skin/gill infection, probebly by parasites
Thats why im thinking how to combine the anti parasitic meds as well

 

[kno4te]

very bad LFS..
Im not sure its septicemia and if it is its scondery to skin/gill infection, probebly by parasites
Thats why im thinking how to combine the anti parasitic meds as well

Prazipro and kanamycin will cover for the potential flukes and septicemia.

 

[Savethemall]

Heres the vid. He is sitting on the bottom in a U shape most of the time. when making some noise or pounding on the tank wall near him he "wakes up" and starting to swim like kinda normal, then after a few seconds stops and returning to the same position. He reacts the same when i put food near hi, waking up , swimming, eating the food then going back

 

[MrsE88]

Oh man, sorry about your little guy.
I’d take kno4te advise. This is a bit out of my rang, I can’t say for sure what could be wrong with him.
Be sure to keep the water as clean as possible with plenty of aeration.

 

[Savethemall]

yes i did.. Its just really weired to me that a fish in his condition still shows interest in food, wanted to see if anyone else here saw these symptoms and if it can indicate on something

 

[Savethemall]

Update:He is still eating.overall hes the same, maybe theres some improvement that he "wakes up" for longer peroids and more often. He started to have ragged fins that might be the start of fin rot..
The tank is treated at the moment with praziquantel,ektol fluid{contains benzalkium and methylene blue} Furanol and kanaplex,4 days into treatment.
Ive checked for drug to drug interaction and everything seems fine but if you know of any please say
How is this that im seeing fin rot? both furanol and ektol fluid are claiming to treat that. also the temp and salinity{around 0.4%} should fight that as well.. any suggestions/ treatments for fin rot? or any suggestions what to do next?
thank you

 

[kno4te]

Some good signs and hopefully the turn around is permanent. Would be cautious with multiple meds. Since started let it go as don’t want to stop and cause some resistant bug. Good luck.