Hello WWM Crew, My apologies for contacting you again so soon after the last time, but – as seems to be par for the course – I have a problem with my fantail goldfish, Horatio. If it’s Bob reading this, you may remember me emailing you in a panic a couple of weeks ago regarding some strange clear tissue protruding from Horatio’s gills – I’m happy to report that it hasn’t worsened and doesn’t seem to be affecting him at all. Now, onto my current problem. My partner spoke to you last week about a reddish smudge that had appeared by Horatio’s mouth a few days before – you said it COULD be septicaemia but weren’t certain, so going on the basis that it can do more harm than good to treat a fish unnecessarily, we decided to watch and wait. However, this morning I woke up to find that Horatio had some inflamed blood vessels showing up red in his tail. <... this is all directly environmental likely... If not, then largely environmentally mediated> There are also lots of fain
