You can add salt to the goldfish when it loses its scales, but it must be added in an appropriate amount. Salt can play a sterilizing and anti-inflammatory role, and goldfish scales often fall off due to infection. Adding salt will improve the osmotic pressure of the entire aquarium, reducing the risk of bacterial infection. However, salt needs to be appropriate. Too much salt will irritate the fish. If the scale loss is not serious, it will generally improve after a few days of salting. But if you want to completely eliminate the bacteria, you still need to change the water regularly and soak the fish with medicine to restore it to health. Just spreading salt will not work.

Why do goldfish lose their scales?

1. The water quality is too poor

The goldfish may lose scales because the water quality is too poor. If the water they live in is too dirty, they may lose scales. Condition. Breeders need to change their water first to keep the water clean. However, the amount of water change should not be too large and should be controlled to one-third of the total water volume. If possible, it is best to install a filter to slow down the deterioration of water quality. As long as the water quality is clean, their scale loss can be alleviated.

2. Fighting

The goldfish may lose scales due to injuries from fighting. Although it has a relatively gentle personality, it may also get into fights. If the fight is serious, their fish scales will be injured. Breeders need to isolate injured goldfish first to avoid infection in their wounds. Also apply anti-inflammatories to them to speed up their recovery.

3. Pine scale disease

Goldfish losing scales may also be suffering from pine scale disease, mainly due to bacterial infection. When they suffer from pine scale, their body scales will slowly fall off. Breeders need to give them a medicated bath with nitrofurazone powder first, once a day for 20-30 minutes each time, and the scale loss will be restored in about 7 days.