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What causes a saltwater fishes fin to disolve I have a sick fish2007-11-24 23:40:41

I just got a royal gramma and a few days after his tailfin semms to have almost disolved all the way. If anyone knows what this is please tell me. I was thinking it could be finrot but it happened very fast.

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if the end of his fins look kinda boogery not smooth cuts its going to be fin rot not ich. ich is a parasite that lookes like salt all over its body. if you have any inverts you dont whant to medicate your tank at all most fish medicines will kill inverts. do you have a quarentine tank set up i would definatley set one up they are cheap get a 10-15 gallon tank with very few decorations and no substrate (if you ever get a tang or butterfly with black ich its almost imossible to get rid of with substrate in it) and just medicate him by himself (melafix is great for finrot it fixes damaged fins fairly fast. if his fins are smooth on the edges you might have another fish or shrimp that is munching on him watch close to see if this is hapening. oh btw when you set up quarentine tank do a water change in your display tank and use that water so you dont have to worry about new tank syndrome in our qt.

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Could be an infection or could be something in the water possibly wrong salinity or temperature. Perhaps not feeding it enough.

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I'm not sure what it is, but try using MelaFix to treat it - it works on all types of fish, and is safe to use.

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Is he developing white spots? It could be ick.isolate him right away.

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The fish is diseased , remove him from the tank and do a partial water change if other sensitive fish are present.

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maybe it is the water are the ph in your saltwater . go to your pet store and have your water test it .maybe they will help you