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pond goldfish disease or parasite or water quality (ph and ppm tested low, nitrates tested "ok&2007-11-24 23:40:10

I have 2 fantail goldfish. One started with brown dime spot on gill

then to the other + scales missing.now they both have it. Then they developed a white coating on their underbelly. I treated for bacterial + fungal one time then the coating went away but still left with brown spots and scales missing. Now the one is darting, flashing, and leaping out of the pond. Started noticing my water hyacinths were dying off. I peeled the dead leaves off and noticed yellow sucking like worms (sticky and slimy) were sucking the life right out of them. Called garden they said to throw them out and that they are a harbor for parasites. having said all that.my q is what parasite or disease causes these symptoms (brown 'dime-size' spots on gills peas-size on body, missing scales, darting, flashing, and leaping), how should I treat them? In the pond or quarantine.etc. could it also be ammonia burn? ((sighs)) help

Answers:

most likely it is some kind of parasite, If you have a big pond I would say treat it all, If not, I would say drain it for the winter and bring them into tread in a more climate controlled enviroment. Also if your pond has carbon in its filter which it should if you have fish in it, make sure you are taking the carbon out anytime you treat for somethig, if you don't the carbon will take all the medication out and it won't help.

Make sure to have your amonia tested, it should be at 0. Make sure you have 2 gallons of water in your pound for every inch of fish you have ex. a 6 inch fish should have 12 gallons of water. This helps with a goldfishes high amonia levels. Make sure when you feed them the food is gone in less than 10 sec. Goldfish have a 3 sec. memory and will forget they just ate and will over eat causing a drastic rise in amonia that can cause them to have open sores. Good Luck

A good place to get meds is petsmart. The people there usually know a lot about the diseases.

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Worst case scenario: Anchor worms, Flukes or some kind of parasitic worm.

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you have a parasite problem, get your petshop to get some CLOUT it's the best for parasite control, treat your whole pond, fish and plants at one time to get rid of it

also add aquarium salt to your pond )1 lb per 100 gal) it will help with healing and the parasites don't like it