CalsiCat Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Water Parameters: pH - 8.0 Nitrates - 10/20 ppm Hardness - we have hard water with a water softener on a well. The test strip is hard to read possibly 25 ppm? Nitrite - 0 Ammonia - 0 KH/Buffer - 180 ppm Water Temperature - 72F Hello everyone. I’m hoping someone can help me out. I’ll try to keep it short but give as much info as possible. 75 gallon cycled tank, 1 goldfish (this is the fish in question), 1 bristle nose pleco, 11 zebra danios. The goldfish has red spots that appear and disappear all the time. The pleco does attack the goldfish on occasion but even when we removed the pleco for a period of time the red spot still showed up. Pictures attached of the spots. Also, none of the other fish have signs or symptoms of anything being wrong with them. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeg Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 looks like fin hemorrhaging. Usually from internal infection or damage to fin structure from objects in the tank. Im not good with medicines so you might wanna ask @Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 It looks more like an injury to the fin causing hemorrhage is it possible he's swimming into something in the tank my comet goldfish sometimes does this it usually heals on it own with any treatment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalsiCat Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 I agree that’s what it looks like for the most part it’s just the small dots on the top of his back and his body that I’m not sure that makes sense with. They are much harder to see but if you look closely at the back of his top fin there is a pin size spot. There are also two similar size spots right in the middle of his body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 The spots could be were he's had some scale damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalsiCat Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 Thanks for taking the time to help me out. Hopefully that’s the case and he’s fine. Have to move the pleco out of the tank again for sure, it’s always worse when they are together. Also have to track down what he’s running into. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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