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My fish are dying =(2007-11-24 23:39:10

I have a tank with 3 goldfish and 2 angels, one angel and one goldfish died last night and know I'm noticing the other three are sick. Thay have tiny white dots on them. Do you know what this can be and how can a help them? I'm always careful that the water is clean and I feed them several time a day, I take good care of them. I just got them one month ago. HELP.

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the tank isnt warm enough the same thing happened 2 me just put warm water in the tank cause they life in the tropical ereas

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sounds like they might have ick, or it could be from over feeding once a day is plenty.

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stop buying fish ?

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That is a fungus that is growing on them. Go to your pet store and ask them about remedies for that. It seems that you are feeding them too much, limit food to one or twice a day and do no feed more that they can take in five minutes. Goldfish are great ammonia producers, so it will be good if you buy an ammonia test kit and check on that too. Good luck!

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That is a parasite called Ick. First off you should not have angels with goldfish. Goldfish are a cold water fish and angels are tropical. You need to get a product for Ick. Turn your water temp up and take any filter cartridges out of your tank. Treat your tank for 3 days. You may still lose your fish due to stress. If you lose all your fish you will need to totally clean your tank with bleach water before introducing any new fish to your tank.

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Ich is a protozoan disease that is often called 'white spot disease.' The scientific name for the disease is ichthyophthiriasis and the causative agent is Ichthyophthirius multifiliis. It is wide spread in all freshwater fish but appears to be more common in aquarium fish, possibly due to the closer contact and stress involved with aquarium species.