Common Goldfish Disease

[goldies]

I have found a list of common Goldfish illness. Is this correct? Anybody can add up some disease not listed here?

http:// therealowner.com/pets/the-most-common-goldfish-disease/

[goldenpuon]

I looked at your link and these diseases affect numerous species of fish, not just common goldfish.

I do know of a few more diseases/ailments goldfish are prone to. However, many OTHER species can get these too.

Goldfish are prone to get dropsy and also commonly ich (note: this is a very common fish disease sick fish very often get in general.)

Besides swim bladder disease which was listed on the page, I can't think of any more illnesses specificly goldfish often are more prone to than other fish off the top of my head.

[Carl]

There are many more diseases that affect goldfish, not to mention HITH is quite rare with goldfish.

Also the term "Goldfish Fin Rot" is very generic (& not very accurate since there is no one specific disease that causes this) and could mean anything from an Aeromonas Infection, Columnaris Infection or even Ammonia/nitrite poisoning.

I would suggest looking over the many article on these web sites:
Aquarium Information

Aquarium Answers

Prevention is also key, probably more so with goldfish than some other fish since they often come from poor sources.
See:
Aquarium Disease Prevention
This includes the use of a UV Sterilizer that is properly set up and maintained (by maintained I mean the unit cleaned and the UV Bulb changed every six months)

Carl