scale sheding?

[ickyfishywishy]

my 2 common gold fish are missing some scales but are acting as fine as can be!? :S one of them even has these little TINY white bumps on its gills and no where else on its body whats goin on!?!?! i allreday put some of the wardly's complete remedy in for a try and added some salt cuz i forgot to add some after changing the water 3 times..... and raised the temp. a bit..... am i doin anythin wrong? thanx for the help guys

[amanichen]

For me to assess the condition of the fish pictures work best.

Otherwise, just watch out for infections. If you have melafix, you might want to use some.

[ickyfishywishy]

ill try to get some pix ASAP

[Bean]

The white things on the fishes gills are tubercules. This is when a male is ready to breed. About the scales I have no Idea what is happening.

[ickyfishywishy]

oh reealy!?!?!! :S i thought they were ich! good thing u told me cuz those pix are taking a while to show the scale sheding thanx bean

[twoluvcats]

Icky-
Do you still have those goldies in a tropical tank? That could be what's causing your scale loss. They are living with incompatible specieis, at the wrong temperature, being fed the wrong food.

[Bean]

ickyfishywishy said:

oh reealy!?!?!! :S i thought they were ich! good thing u told me cuz those pix are taking a while to show the scale sheding thanx bean

You are very welcome

[BeansMom]

If you haven't yet determined that the scales are actually being lost to disease, take a real close look. As my goldfish have aged, some of their scales have become translucent, giving the appearance of being missing.