Experienced Fish Collector Needs Some Help!

[Dragon-Eye]

I have never had this problem before. I've dealt with curling gills and have remedied them one way or another. Now I'm kind of embarrassed asking such a basic question, but I need help. My Black Moor is gorgeous! She's 6 in. long and is for years old. I have been battling this condition for three months now. There isn't any mucus trailing from the gill and the inside is still very healthy and red. The temperature is at a constant 72 degrees Fahrenheit, the pH is between 6.5 and 7 and the hardness is below 10 dGH. I need some help!!! I don't want her lifespan being shortened anymore than it may have already been. I'm embarrasses but grateful if anyone can help....

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I do not know a great deal on curling gill conditions in fish, but as far as i am aware the condition is either due to a bacterial gill infection or unsuitable water quality or tank conditions or both. Can you get any pics of the fish? How many gallons/litres is the tank and is the Moor with any other fish (if so, please state their size and type) and have you tested the water for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates at all recently? How often do you do a water change on the tank and how much do you take out on average and do you treat the water with dechlorinator/water conditioner at all? Is the tank filtered? The more info you give us on your situation, the better we can help you .

 

[WILDER]

I agree with tokis look here.
http/www.koicrisis.com/symptoms/gill.html

 

[GoldLenny]

A snip from near the bottom of this page:
http/www.bristol-aquarists.org.uk/goldfish/goldfish.htm

You will find the main variations described on each of the individual pages accessed from the table above. To the British, many of these are hybrid varieties, but that is just one of several valid viewpoints. There is, however, a commercial dimension to developing new varieties, and some of these, for example the black and white fish, can be spectacular; others are not to the Western taste, for example:

the curled gill: twintail with opercula (gill plates) curling outwards and exposing the gill filaments; the curled gill is occasionally seen in other varieties (such as the oranda), where it is regarded as a fault
the meteor: fish with no tail (although this may be a self-perpetuating rumour; the Website Author has yet to see a photograph of such a fish, either in books or on the Internet)

It could be something that is being bred into certain goldfish and may only show up on occasion.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

If it is a breeding related thing in this case though, its very odd that its only shown up now- i would have imagined that if it was a breeding related thing, the fish would have been born with the condition and not got it until only later in life. Pics would help massively .