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HELP! Hole in the head??


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16607027499497196031488593076835.jpg.7e9e7fe73a103c0904eb0abae3ac019d.jpgThis is our 8-year-old goldfish, Bruce. These ulcers appeared on her mouth this morning and her poop has been thin and stringy. Is this hole in the head? What can we do for her?

She is in an unheated 75 gallon tank with regular water changes using our well water. All water parameters are good and nothing has been changed in months, since the addition of some jungle val. She shares her tank with 1 apple snail and 20 white cloud mountain minnows. 

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It looks more like soft tissue damage I don't see anything that would make me think it's hole in the head could have injured the mouth somehow what I would do is add some aquarium salt 1 table for 3 gallons and monitor if it starts to get worse then you would want to with antibiotic treatment such as kanaplex or maracyn

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On 8/16/2022 at 10:54 PM, Colu said:

It looks more like soft tissue damage I don't see anything that would make me think it's hole in the head could have injured the mouth somehow what I would do is add some aquarium salt 1 table for 3 gallons and monitor if it starts to get worse then you would want to with antibiotic treatment such as kanaplex or maracyn

Can I use these with an apple snail in the tank?

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On 8/17/2022 at 4:00 AM, Lisa.d.ranged said:

Can I use these with an apple snail in the tank?

That level of aquarium salt should be fine Kanaplex can be tough on snails causing them to slow down you can add it to food its more effective and less likely to harm your snails I would only treat with kanaplex if you see no improvement after a week of salt treatment

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