Hi, the white spots are on your fish because your fish has a disease called ich or ick. To cure ick you need to buy a liquid for ich cure in a local pet fish shop. Ick or ich is like an allergy for fishes. Thank you :)
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If your goldfish has Ick you will need to treat its water with some commercial cure. Just follow the directions. Before you do the treatment though, may I suggest you do a large water change, keep the filter ON all through the treatment and follow the instructions to the letter. Ick/Ich/white spot is a killer parasite and has to be fixed quickly before it kills every fish in the tank.
I wouldn't think so since ick is a scale sickness and you don't have scales. My fish once had ick (their better now) and I didn't get sick with ick. but maybe you should ask an employee at a pet store.
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The white lumps are what is commonly known as ick. Loaches are prone to it as are most other scaleless fish. If your tank and the other fish are healthy they should not be affected by it, if not, your whole tank could be wiped out by this disease. I recommend buying something like nox-ick, just be carefull, you want to do a half dose for scaleless fish. Ick is probably the most common fish disease and the easiest to cure, but it can have devistateing effects on tank if it isn't treated at an early stage.
Yes, ick is highly contagious. Fish get it when they are stressed out, depressed, and/or weak. Ick is believed to be in water already.It spreads very quickly from one fish to another and you have to treat it right away. To treat ick, take the infected fish to a vet or use a home remedy such as salt or heat.
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