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06-05-2008, 08:50 PM
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goldfish - white nose
hey guys
don't want to sound like a complete idiot if it's nothing bought a goldfish and a small tank (with filter) the other day from pets at home had the water tested and had set it up 4 days in advance they said to take the goldfish and see how it got on before buying any more well a week's past and i've started to notice a white patch on Bert's nose I don't know whether this is noserub, and is something he'll always have? or whether he has some sort of other problem.. i don't claim to be a fish genius but would like to know if there's anything i can do, yeah "it's just a goldfish", but to me it's a little pet. so if anyone can help without saying it's not worth trying anything that'd be fab  ty all can get a pic if needed x
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06-05-2008, 09:25 PM
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 It sounds as though you havnt cycled your tank. This means that there will be ammonia building up in your tank from your fishes waste, which is deadly to fish. You have two options: 1 - Do a "fish-in-cycle". This is hard on both you and the fish, as you will have to change the water EVERY day and test the water regularly. 2 - Give the fish back to the pet shop and follow the "Fishless cycling thread". Goodluck with your new pet! Also, what size tank do you have?
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06-05-2008, 10:13 PM
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will take a pic now
and thanks, didn't know about that! have been changing water every 2 days because im a bit ocd with pets and like to make sure it's always clean thus getting rid of little poo bits on the bottom and food debris will take a pic and see if i can work the usb on this comp it has only been there from yesterday but at the time i thought it couldve been a food fleck etc. will upload a pic as soon as i can and will have a look on cycling etc. and make sure the tanks sorted the tank is 14 gallon and houses one fish we didn't want any more, it was a little guy to sit in our bathroom hehe it's by a window too so im cleaning more to deal with the algae that will build up the the light etc. as i said im not a genius more a pond/koi person but wanted to get my facts right etc xxx
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06-05-2008, 10:25 PM
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Helloo. Bear in mind each goldfish needs around 35L. If i was you, i would go with tropical fish. Bearing in mind a goldfish can reach well over 1' a 2'x1'x1' tank (if my convertion is right(i did it in my head lol)). I should think you kno, but a fish does NOT grow to the size of the tank lol.
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06-05-2008, 10:30 PM
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Oh i know about sizes
but as he's tiny at the moment, i didn't deem a 2x2x1 neccessary at this time i've got some pics now although the ones of him aren't fab due to only having a camera phone available and he decides to pose nicely then swim off i also think he's a comet tail rather than your standard goldfish we have two other comet tail and they're in a 4 x 2 tank... the 2 of them so i'm well aware of the space needed just a little bit puzzled on this one's nose haven't had problems with the other pair maybe these pics will shed some light il try put them up now x
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06-05-2008, 10:37 PM
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Mabey it just has a white nose?
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06-05-2008, 10:39 PM
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haha see i knew someone'd say that
i can assure you the fish was 100% orange gold fish colours when we got him :P xxx
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06-05-2008, 10:46 PM
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Fish change colors though.
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06-05-2008, 10:58 PM
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doesn't look like a colour change to me,
the pics are crap but il upload them now the white has gone more grey/black this evening it was bright white this morning   and this is the best pic of his nose i could get   << the dot on his nose between his eyesxx
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