The Goldfish in my indoor tank have a white looking fungus on the bridge of their snout with some blood under the skin. Two of the three GF have this. This occurred soon after I added a new plant that had snails. My first thought was Columnaris, but I suppose it could be some sort of parasite related to snails. Any thoughts on a treatment that won't kill the plant. Somewhat OT for this group, but the GF group is somewhat dead.

"~ jan" <Seewebsite@jjspond.us> wrote in message news:vqnqi39skarqsnkadt7ob0mm2use2nh1f8@4ax.com... > On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:39:07 CST, "Bill Stock" <me7@privacy.net> wrote: > >>The Goldfish in my indoor tank have a white looking fungus on the bridge >>of >>their snout with some blood under the skin. Two of the three GF have this. >>This occurred soon after I added a new plant that had snails. My first >>thought was Columnaris, but I suppose it could be some sort of parasite >>related to snails. >> >>Any thoughts on a treatment that won't kill the plant. >> >>Somewhat OT for this group, but the GF group is somewhat dead. > > I don't see this as OT at all. Many of us have GF in the house as well as > the pond. > > I'd start with testing my water quality, if ammonia, KH & pH are okay, and > you haven't done a water change in the last 2 weeks, do a water change and > salt dip the affected fish. Add salt to 0.1% in the tank. Nitrates are probably high. KH and PH should be fine, as I have Arogonite in the filters. Amonia is fine, haven't checked their Nitrite. They get a bath every week. > Did you treat the plant before putting it in the tank? ~ jan No I didn't dip the plant. > ------------ > Zone 7a, SE Washington State > Ponds: www.jjspond.us >