Get rid of goldfish fungus before it gets rid of your goldfish

When we think of goldfish fungus, we know we’re not thinking about something pleasant. In fact, we know it’s going be rather grotty and pretty disgusting. Well goldfish fungus, falls right into this category. It’s really disgusting as you’ll soon discover.

This disease is commonly caused by Saprolegnia or Achlya. You know when your fish have this disgusting fungus when they look like they have fluffy white growths. These growths attack your pet on their fins and under their scales.

This fungus is caused when your pet fish has already had some type of health problem like White spot or Ick its health has already been compromised and is still in a weakened state, and that’s just the way this fungus likes it. This disease needs to be treated quickly as it can be deadly for your goldfish.

The fungus feeds by secreting a digestive enzyme into your pets flesh. These enzymes break down the proteins and nutrients from your fish which feeds the fungus. Your goldfish is being eaten alive! It then reproduces by releasing spores into the water of your aquarium, starting the whole cycle over again.

How do you treat goldfish fungus?

The best way to treat this awful fungus is by prevention. If you keep your fish tank clean, fungal growth cannot be encouraged. To find out how to easily keep your fish tank clean click here.

Anti-fungal medications like methylene blue can be easily added to your aquarium water to help treat the problem.

Plus, if your fish have open wounds to help heal them aquarium salt can be added. 1-3g per liter of your aquarium size is good. To keep the fungus at bay you should make sure the aquarium salt is always used.

To find out about other different goldfish diseases please click here. This list includes: Ick, Fin Rot, Constipation, Dropsy, Pop Eye, Anchor Worm, Fish Lice, Swim Bladder, Body and Gill Flukes, and Hole-in-the-head disease.