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keeping fish
The family have purchased a blackmoor fish to keep a goldfish company that my youngest son won at a fair last week.
To accommodate them we have also purchased a 15 litre bowl, pump and filter.
Both are feeding well however the small goldfish appears to be chasing the larger blackmoor around and nipping him. The poor blackmoor is having to hide and we've noticed he's started to develop tiny white spots all over him.
I've put him in a smaller bowl away from the goldfish, do you know what the white spots are? How can we help him and will the fish settle down together?
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If you go to pet's mart and bring your fish, they should know what it is and have somthing there to treat it. I hope this help's you and your fishy out! :)
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the white spots are called ick. ick is a sickness in fish. if you dont take care of it it will kill all of your fish. you can treat it by putting drops of ick medicine in the water so many times a month. you can by the medicine at walmart, petsmart, or petco.
~Maegan~
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The spots are the spots that the goldfish probably took away from him by nipping. (This kinda happened to me accept the fish wasnt being nipped, he couldnt fit through a little tunnel so he got stuck and lost some of his skin).
I would def. try googling the two fish (i know petsmart gives you info) and seeing whether or not these fish can actually be together. because some fish arent good with other fish types. if it says they can be together i would just put them in the same bowl for awhile and just observering everything. if he is still getting nipped i would seperate the two. if you still want to keep the fish company after all this i would get them another fish that is the same type or a type that is compatible.
hope i helped!
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