My goldfish has lost scales on its skin, how did the scales on the goldfish fall off?

If it is not caused by oneself or external reasons, it is caused by erection of scales - also known as standing scales, pine scales, pine bark disease, etc. It's the season of high incidence of this disease.

The symptoms of diseased fish are characterized by a rough body surface, most of the scales on the tail part of the body open outward like loose balls, and the squamous cyst at the base of the scales is edematous, and the inside of the scale accumulates translucent or blood-containing exudate, causing the scales to stand up. With a little pressure on the scales, a liquid containing liquid is ejected from the squamous sac, and the scales also fall off, sometimes accompanied by symptoms such as hyperemia of the fin base and ** surface, proptosis, and abdominal distention. Sick fish swim sluggishly, have difficulty breathing, turn their body sideways, and turn their abdomen upwards, and die after 2 to 3 days.

It is susceptible to this disease when the water is not clean, the light is insufficient, the water is hypoxic, the feeding water temperature is too high, and when the scales of the fish are scratched. Goldfish and koi fish often suffer from this disease, and it is more prevalent in spring every year, and among tropical ornamental fish, foam oviparous fish such as climbing perch, betta fish and killifish often suffer from this disease. This disease is difficult, even after **, the color, luster, and posture are not as good as before.

**Method] The diseased fish can be immersed in a tetracycline solution with a concentration of 1/50,000 for 1 hour; You can also use 2 sodium chloride solution and 3 sodium bicarbonate solution to mix and bathe for 10 minutes; Or soak with chloramphenicol solution, or nitrofuracillin powder plus dysentery solution, or gentamicin solution, and can also be diluted into a low dose of 1 of the above solution, and it can be effective for several days.

Goldfish scales are a common disease of goldfish, that is, vertical scales, also known as standing scales, pine scales, pine balls, etc., mainly caused by a kind of Punctate Polar Bacillus infection, in the Hui Shi water temperature is low or the water temperature difference is too large is more likely to cause, it is found that goldfish scales must be timely**.

Fighting between goldfish and their companions will also cause the scales to fall, and the collision and scratching will also cause the beautiful goldfish to fall off the scales, because they will inevitably collide with each other during transportation, and they will also scratch the surface of the goldfish during the salvage and cause injury.

There are three main reasons for goldfish scales, the first water quality is not clean, because the goldfish can not adapt to the water quality, there will be a large area of scales, the second external force is caused by goldfish fighting with each other, and the goldfish will also cause goldfish to lose scales, and the third goldfish may be inflamed or sick, and the body surface of the sick goldfish will become rough and even the scales will fall.

When raising goldfish, you need to keep the water clean, generally only one-third to one-quarter of the original water volume can be replaced when changing the water, and it can be replaced all at once without stuffiness and burial, otherwise the goldfish will not adapt.

During the breeding of goldfish, it is necessary to feed the goldfish regularly, generally 1-2 times a day.

The fish tank of the goldfish in the shed should not be too small, and it must be adjusted according to the number of fish, otherwise the lack of space will cause the goldfish to die due to lack of oxygen.