Sick Goldfish

> > Hi there. I have a very sick goldfish on my hands and I'm not sure what I'm
> > doing to treat her is correct. A couple days ago I noticed she was kind of
> > just laying around her tank and then I noticed some white spots on the base
> > of her tail. I looked around online and found some information on Ich. I went
> > out and bought some QuICK Cure and put it in her tank right away. The next
> > day, she didn't look any better, her tail was starting to fray with brown
> > spots where the white ones were & white spots on her back. I drove into
> > PetSmart and told them my dilemma. They advised me to get a bigger tank (my
> > fish is 2 inches long), conditioning salt to add to her water, and some
> > medicine called LifeGuard, made by Jungle. They advised me to stop using
> > QuICK Cure, which I did, and start with this new medicine right away. I came
> > home, put in her medicine and added some salt to her water. That night, I
> > drove to PetCo to test my pH because I thought it was too low. Turned out,
> > the water was alright, but the guy I talked to advised me to get Stress Coat,
> > made by API, to add to her water to help repair her tail and skin damage. Now
> > today, she looks a lot worse, but some of the white spots have fell off and
> > the brown spots are completely gone. Her tail is still fraying and now she
> > has white spots all over her body and around her eyes, and now it looks sort
> > of like a white film? She isn't swimming around, just floating and breathing,
> > and won't eat because it's too hard for her to swim. If anyone could let me
> > know what I'm doing is correct or like to share some advice, I'd GLADLY
> > appreciate it soo much! I'm a wreck & I hate to see my fish be like this. :(
> > Thanks.

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> What are the ingredients in the new med you were told use (LifeGuard)?
> What you've described sounds to me like your goldie has Ich as well as
> a secondary bacterial infection. This can happen when a fish is
> fighting off parasites.
> Personally, I find Quick Cure to be a great parasitic medication.
> However, what you need to do is find out what antibacterial med can be
> used with it.
> Unfortunately, I don't know this.
> What size tank is the fish in now?
> How long has it been set up and running (with fish)?
> Water change schedule..how much and how often?
> Type of filtration?
> Carbon in or out of filtration system?- Hide quoted text -
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