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Posted	White Spot Confusion
16-10-2006 21:03 by Leanna	I bought my fancy goldfish last week and when I got home from work today it appeared to have whitespot on its tail and two hours later it has gone. Does this mean it has fallen off and will breed again? How long have I got until it hatches?
16-10-2006 21:09 by robert.pope	Leanna white spot will depart from the body and then multiply ... are you treating with medication ?... i would think the white spot does not leave the fish all at the same time ........so there should still be signs on the fish give us some more information
16-10-2006 21:11 by Leanna	No medication at the mo as I got home at 6pm and no shops are open in my area, I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow. On the caudal fin is black and there is a white/grey mark where the white spot was.
16-10-2006 21:13 by robert.pope	ok one white spot? .....white spot is more like the grains of suggar usualy over the body and fins of fish
16-10-2006 21:14 by Leanna	It was in three different patches over the fin, each patch containing approx. 7 spots.
16-10-2006 21:17 by robert.pope	the fact you say 1 white spot! makes me think when i got our goldfish some of them had a white mark/spot half way up the front of the caudal fin........i gave it a few days and it went .....didnt use any medication .. think its more like a stress mark!!!........and if it was there when you bought it a week ago then i would just watch them closley
16-10-2006 21:21 by Leanna	Ok. Thank you for your help! I'll keep you informed!
16-10-2006 21:21 by robert.pope	keep a close watch on this as others may know what your spots are .... i would not treat for whitespot untill you have looked at other possable causes keep us informed
16-10-2006 21:23 by robert.pope	is it a fancy?.....we had long problems with our fancy red Orandas ...... it can get stressfull..........but nice people here offer sound advice
16-10-2006 21:25 by Leanna	It is fancy. I'll keep checking back... from reading other topics I can see there are some very nice people on here!
16-10-2006 21:38 by robert.pope	Leanna ask people on chat !!!
17-10-2006 08:20 by Leanna	Update.... this morning there are some small white spots back exactly the same patches on the fins. I have noticed that from underneath the patches look red.
17-10-2006 15:57 by tasha	hmm have you looked on the internet ? or if you have a fish book there always handy to look in
17-10-2006 20:52 by telboy	might be blisters leanne,are they very small salt grain or smaller size? if bigger with red in or around more likely to be blisters! fancies suffer from this alot especially on fins cut down on feeds,do water changes twice a week and add a general anticeptic med + all should be ok![hopefully]
18-10-2006 00:10 by robert.pope	not heard of blisters myself but go with telboys advice..... how about going back to the shop you got it from to see if the other fish they have also have these spots? if they do! then you know the fish you bought wasnt 100%healthy. is the fish alone or with other fish?.....allways good if it could be seperated ,I use a clear plastic 15 litre storage tub....small filter and airstone.....usefull being only 15 litres uses only small quantity of medication and easy to calculate the doseage
18-10-2006 08:28 by Leanna	Thanks for the advice guys... from looking at the fish a bit more closely, they look suspiciously like blisters. I've taken the advice and added a anticeptic med. I'll keep you informed of the progress.
18-10-2006 10:28 by telboy	mr p used the word blisters cos thats the only word that come to mind if you can think of a better word feel free to use it my furry little freind
18-10-2006 11:09 by Leanna	Ta!
18-10-2006 17:50 by tasha	when i had a siomease fighter he had weird blisters and i tryed with some medication but nothink changed and his fins got stuk together and it wasnt nice but he got better but then a few weeks later he died cuz the stupied fish got his head stuk in a plant pot hole lol
18-10-2006 18:12 by robert.pope	note to tel....me ol-pal !!! when i wrote my comment i was thinking my fish books dont do tecnical words like Blisters...LOL.....ulcers perhaps? anyway back to the thred....good luck with the treating .....
19-10-2006 12:22 by tasha	kool

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