Joe,
What you describe sounds very much like the internal infection called
"Hexamita," which Goldfish can get. My first medication(s) (combination) of
choice include Metronidazole as the partner treatment against this malady, but
this is not one that's readily dissolved at a lower temperature, nor
especially readily absorbed internally by any fish until at least 84 o is reached --
the medication actually becoming most effective at 88 o -- either
temperature way too high for Goldfish.
There is a medicated Krill fish food that contains Metronidazole though,
called "Metro-Med," which you could try, to get this medication into the fish.
Barring that, if you can't locate it, my second suggestion would be to use
Fenbendazole ("Panacur"), which comes dissolved as a liquid medication. As
the fish is still apparently eating (or I'd assume you'd have mentioned if
it weren't), it's not yet feeling any adverse effects of this protozoan
(flagellate), so this would be the time to treat it.
There's one other medication for treating against this disease, called
Praziquantel ("Prazi-Pro") which may be worth a try if you can't find anything
else, but the reports of success with this are mixed.
You could still try Metronidazole, first by dissolving it in an extremely
small quantity of very warm (almost boiling) water to make a paste, and
increasing its solution (adding more warm water) before adding it to the
aquarium. Despite what the directions state (to use at a rate of 250 mg per 10
gallons) on the container, I've found that a minimum of 400 mg per 10 gallons is
needed to be effective, with 500 mg per 10 gallon being best -- as I've
since read, with reports by fish pathologists recommending this. Metronidazole
can't be "overdosed" at these levels and at a much lower water temperature
you may need to add just a bit more as cooler water results in a more
marginal performance.
Ray</HTML>
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