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My common goldfish has 4 missing scales on his left side. He has been growing alot lately (just put him in a 29 gal tank). He is still very active, eating normaly, and chasing the female veiltail around A LOT! I am not sure if this is normal or if he has something like fin rot.

Also the scale area that they are missing from is just white, no red color or anything (which I am told is how you tell if it is fin rot).

I do not know the numbers for the water. The tank has been set up for 4 weeks today and is currently cycling.

The water is not flowing through the filter like normal, however, I am have been told not to change the filter until the tank is done cycling. There are two "filter" things that go in the filter. One is the regualr filter and one is a courser filter.

Any ideas/concerns about what my common goldfish may have?

If he is just missing a few scales, you don't need to worry about it too much. They will grow back.

But I'd remove the betta, as she is the one who probably bit them off.







Last edited by Cory Addict at 13-Feb-2005 17:49

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

remove the betta. a gold fish and a betta shouldn't be housed together. but a few scales isn't bad but if alot and it turns red then u got a problem.
~Chris~

I'm sorry. The veiltail is a fancy goldfish (I thought that was the name of it anyway). I do not have a betta.

An update to his condition is that he now has about 10 missing scales all together. He is about 3.5" big and still very active.

I purchased some Melafix today. Will it hurt to put that in the tank now? It says I have to remove the carbon part of the filter and the tank has not finished cycling. Will adding the Melafix stop the cycling of the tank?